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<br />000,000 acre-feet for allY period uf t~ll cOll~eeuti\'e :r~ars (7.500,000 <br />ant' feet :lyel',Il!e alllllwl flnw (W~I' any ten .H'ar period) if nt'ces- <br />sary for use in the Lower Basin. This if-:; approximately fift." per <br />rent. of the rh"er flow nt Lee Ferry during the lowe~t ten"year <br />period of whieh we have a record. <br /> <br />Navigation is malle fmbser\'ient to all other UHe;-.;. Power is <br />made subl'leniellt to domestic and agritllltul'al uses. <br /> <br />State control of the appropriation, llse, awl disposition of <br />water witlliu each State is left undistlll'ucd. <br /> <br />Present pel'fected appropriations of water are not disturbed, <br />hut such l"ights take theil' water frolll the apportionment to the" <br />hasin in wbidl they are located, <br /> <br />All future cont.roH'l'sies hetween two or mOl'e States of each <br />gl'oup aI'e !o;pecitically l'e~elTe(l fot' !:iel'aratel:omddcl'ation and <br />ndjustUlcut hy separate commis:-;ioJls. 01' by dir€t.t legi~lation, <br />wh~ne\'el' such I}lle~tion~ lIlay :1l'lse~ if CH~I' thcy un. <br /> <br />Hcpords of the rivt:'r flow at Lee Fcn\" tire lluder the control <br />of tile S~tnte Ellginet:'l'~ of the seven States :lud two l'epl'esentati\'ef05 <br />of the TJnited. States, hut tue autlwritr of such official:-: terminates <br />,,-ith t.he ascertainment HlH1 pnblit:rrtion of the facts. <br /> <br />The compact llIay be terminated nt <lll,\" tillle hy tile ullani- <br />mous flgreement of the ~ignatory State~. <br /> <br />FURTHER CO:\Ir.IE:\'T <br /> <br />I take the lihel't,y of offering the foIlowillg oL:";l'l'\'f1tiolls: <br /> <br />The Upper Basin tflllstitlltes the prilll'il'al sum'j'e of the <br />watel' supply. All waters retm'nell to the I'h"Cl' from il'rignl(4) <br />lallcl~ withill tile lippel' Basin will }IllS:'; Lee FelTY and be mea- <br />~ul'ed as a part of the water to he llelh"ered to the Lower R"sill. <br />The upper Stntes gual'alltec somewlwt less than ollc-hnlf the <br />3\'cl'nge nnnual t10\~. of the rh'er (nt Lee Ferl".'") during the <br />ten year periorl from 1002 to Ifnl. hwlnsi\"e. which was tlU' <br />period of the lowest recorded rh"er flow. .-\11 welte,,, both nntnral <br />and return flow. wllkh pa~8el" Lee FerlJ.' will lie t'l'edited to the <br />deli\"e1''y hy the upper States. Therc is 1In minimulIl or maximum <br />requirement (01' nny prll'ticlllnl' year, The cOlllJlnct is satisfied <br />h~" an aggl'cgat~ deli\"ery of 7ri,OOO.OOO acre feet of water during <br />allY ten year pcriod. <br /> <br />The topography of the upper uasin limits the cxtent to <br />which each of the upper Htates may go in its de\'elo}JJllCnt nnd <br />its corresponding consuIIlIJtion of I'h"el' How. As the Val'iOU8 <br />tributarie8 leavc Colomelo a 1111 \Yyomillg the,)' ha'"e alrt'ady <br />entered into deep ('nllyon~ and their wnters flre not fl\"nilable fol' <br />dh'ersion in Utflh. The Utnh de\'elnplllent will he ('l)ntlnerl to <br /> <br />~, ] <br /> <br />......-....;....~...:-" ~'"5!:'."~ ~ <br />