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<br />triblltarv :-;trc.11U:-> alld the waters of 811Ch m'e no longer a\"ail:~hlf' <br />to Vtah' lands lifter tiler have entered the Green 01. Colol':l(lo <br />Rivers. The watel's of tl~e San .Tuan are no longer .nailahle for' <br />dh'er!-;ion in T:tah after they h,l\'e sen't~(l lands in ColOl'ado :l1ld <br />New ~J('xiL"o. 'l'i1e~e natlll:al Ijlllihltioll~ upon the use of thf' <br />water'!-; withill each .-If tlll~ upper ~tate!-: will alway~ alfol'tl aUllJle <br />fl$Hur:uwe ngainst lIndue encroachment upon tile Ito\\" at Ler. <br />Feny hy any nile of the fOlIl' nppcr States. Colol':Hlo cannot <br />dh'eT't 5'/~} of jj:.; portion of the riyel' flow to region:-: outside the <br />riyer hasin. <br /> <br />:\ II (l<~\'eloplllent in Utah and New Mexico~ requiring direr- <br />"dons fI'()lll :;;tI'e1lll11" in Color:li"ln, shall he ~uhject to f.iCl'Hl'ate ad- <br />just.ment WiUl Cnl(l],;ldo before \'ollstnu:tioll O(,Clll'~. <br /> <br />The ter'lII "beneticial (~OIlSUlnpth'e use'~ is to lie di:-;tillguis!.led <br />f{'Plll l he.. i1l1lOunts diverted from the river. It does not mean <br />he.'lllgate lli\'el'sion:-::. It means the :ImOllut of water consumed <br />and lost to the I'iveL' during ll,:;;es of t.he water l]i\'cl'ted. Generally <br />speaking, it is the (1ifferenee lIetween the aggregate dh-erted and <br />the ag-gl'e~ate return lIow. It is the net IOS8 nctllrring through <br />bcncfi~lal 'll~es. <br /> <br />The apPol.ti(,llIllent of 7.500,0011 a(~l'e feet exdusi\"c allllual <br />henetkinl 1_"OIlSumpti\'e use to the Upper Basin means that the <br />tel'l'itOl":Y of the Upper Basin may exhaust that much water from <br />the flow (-,f the stre,-lUl earll Jcar. The :~ggregate annual dire7" <br />SiOl1S in the Upper Basin are unlimited. The limitation applies <br />only to the allJount COH~ll11f(':d., and all waters whkh return to <br />stream are not "ton~ume(l". <br /> <br />The al,pol.tiolllllent to the llPPC[' tel.rHo!',\' i:-; perpetual. It <br />is in uo manner atfcded by subscquent development. It is not <br />required tIHlt the wntcl' shall be lIsed within any pre:S\:l'ibe<l <br />period. Further de\'elopment on the lower l'i\'cr will in no man- <br />ner affect this applH'titJIIlllcnt 01' impair the right of the npper <br />States to consLlme theiI. apportionment wheIle\:eL' their lIl~cessi- <br />ties require. .Any immense rcsel'\'oir her12<lfter constI'ucte(l 011 <br />the loweI. river .~alllwt he the hilsis of a pI'efC1'l'ell claim which <br />will interfere with the future de,'elo}llllcnt of the TJpl,el' Basin. <br />The de\'elopmellt in the LoweI' Basin will he ('nnllned t.o the <br />apportionlllent made to that ba...;jn, with thc perllli~sihle illtrease. <br />Any eXee8H of de\"elopment cannot infringe IlIum the rc~en'ation <br />perpe.tually set apart to the llppeI' tcnitOl','" There can be no <br />riva.lry or ('ontl~8t of ~peed in the development of the two ha:-;ins. <br />Priority of development in the Lower Basin will give no pref- <br />eT'ence of right as against the ap}JlIrtic\~llll1ent to the Upper Basin. <br /> <br />The 7,500,000 a('rc feet annual beneficial COIISUllIl'ti\'c lIse <br />appol'tioned to each ba~il1 indlHles tile water necessary to supV1y <br />present perfected U8es in eath of the hasiIL":i, Such present ll~es <br /> <br />[ 6 ] <br /> <br />. <br />