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<br />'- <br /> <br />great ranyon, and tLIe lower region helow the great cnllJoll (in- <br />cluding the tenitor,\' drained b,\' the Giln. Little Colorado, nnd <br />other lower tributaries). Lee Ferry is !';itnuted at the head of the <br />canyon, ill the State of Arizona, fI" few miles southerly fl'lnn the <br />inter~ection of the Colorado Hh"el' with the honudaI'Y COllllllon to <br />the States of Ariz.olln anu Utah, f1JHl is the llatu'~al point of <br />demaI'tfltion between the npper region and the lower region. <br /> <br />All wnlers of the entire river syl'iem within the upper region <br />(including. those returning to the l'h"er fL'OIll il'l'ig:'lted lands) <br />unite to form u !-.:ingle stl'€nm at Lee FeI'1'Y~ where the flow may <br />he me:uml'e() 31111 rcC't)l'oed. <br /> <br />The compact conforllls to this nnttll'ul di,'ision. The upper <br />region, plus all lands outsille the dl'i.liuflge flr'ea which may be <br />beneficially serred lIy watcl'fo:; di,'eL'ted from tile river, is desig- <br />nated af.; the "Upper H:l!-iin.~~ The lower region is desi/-,'llatefl as <br />the "Lower l1asin." -- <br /> <br />The sm'en States .He gl'oul'ed into two political di,-isions, <br />Colorado.. New Mexico, Utah) and 'Vyoming, constitute the <br />"18tntes of the Upper Di\"ision,~' The ~tntes of Arizona, Cfllifol'ni3 <br />and Nerada con~titute the "Luwer nh'ision,~' <br /> <br />,.:-'00,1100 a~re-fl~et exl'lllsi,'c illlnunl bClIeficinl t'III1f';UllIptj,.C <br />lIse is ~et apart and appOL'l"ioned in perpetuit;r to the Upper Bfl~in <br />nnrl n lil.:c alllmmt to the Lower Basin. <br /> <br />.--\.ny watel's lll'eeSSal',\" tn supply 1:.111(18 in the RClJuhlic of ~Iex" <br />ico (hereafter to be lleter'mined by international treaty) shall be <br />snpplied frolll the SllJ'plUH tiow of the l'in'l'. If tile surplus is <br />not l";uffieient. nny dcfidf:lley shnll hc horllc eqllall,' 1Iy the Upper <br />Rasin and t.he Lower Bnsin. .. <br /> <br />By reason of de\"t~lopllleut 1IpOl1 the Gila Rh'er and thc prob- <br />aide I'npirl future flen~loplllellt incident to the necessary eom;;trllc- <br />tion of Hood work~ on tile lower ri\"er. the Lower Basin i8 per- <br />mitted to increase its f1C"\"elo}llllent to thc extent of all addi- <br />t.ionnl one rnillifln acre-fcet .1 II111W I hencfidal ('on~ull1pti\"e llse <br />hefOl'e hcing 3l1th01'izc(1 to call for :1 fUl'ther apportiollment of <br />nuy ~lll'plus wnters uf the ,'irer, <br /> <br />No fUl'tbel' appOl'tiollUlCllt. of SUI'l'lu:-; waters of thc river shall <br />occur within the next fOJ't.'" year~, At an.-v time after forty years, <br />if the cle,'clol'ment in the Uppel' Basin has renelled 7~500,OOO acre" <br />feet annual bencfitinll'onsumptin' use 01' tll<1t of the Lowel' Basin <br />has reached 8.500~OOO acre-feet, allY two. States may ('nIl for a <br />fllrtller' npportiOJllllent of flllY f.;llrplllS water:-,l of the rh"er, but <br />snch supplemental f1ppOl'tiolllllent shall lIot affect the perpetual <br />apportionment of ,~t)nn/H)O ane-fcl't nHHle to each basin by this <br />compact. . <br /> <br />The 8tntes of the UI)pel' Division 811a11 not cause the flow of <br />the l'i"el' at Lee Ferry to be depleted below an aggregate of 75," <br /> <br />[ ~ ] <br />