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<br />con~ull1e uut fI ~Illall~ l'art: flf the applll'tinnlllt'llts, n.\! reason <br />of a fear that fllrther lippeI' (lcvclo)llllent might temporaril;r <br />deplete the low fiow of tile ri\'er' il\ tur autumll and carly wioter <br />of dry years, it is pl'o\'lded hy Article VIII that pl'e~eut perfected <br />nppl'opriatjon:o; upon the lower riYcl' shall not. he precludefl from <br />protecting any 811('11 :lJlIJropriation~ frolll €ncl'onchments npon <br />theil' sllpplips lIntil J'cscr\'oirs b:ne been eOll8trl1ded to store a <br />definite p:1T't of the watel' apportioned tn the Lower Bm;in. <br /> <br />There i~ 110 treat.y hetween the United States aUfl Mexico <br />fixing UllY right in M~xito to the w.;c of waters of the Colorado <br />RiveI'. All sUth matters lIlust depend upon f11tul"e treaties. The <br />rompad pro\'ifles tllClt water, if any, ncees:;.:;ary to snpply the <br />obligations of fillY such tCl'nty :.;11311 he tnken tirst from nny SUI'. <br />pln~ after Illeetillg tile apportio1lments (mHl right to increm;e) <br />ahead:," llIal]e to the Upper amI ]~owel' Ra!':ins. If the sllrplll~ is <br />illfllleqllllte :m." deficiency shnll ue hurue efJunlly by the two ba8in~. <br /> <br />If the time arrives WhCll the dc\"eloplllcut in eit.lIcl' of the <br />basills requires f\ slIpplelllental apportionment (which IJl'ohably <br />will nevel' OCCllI-) the water anlilallle for such purposes will <br />be the ~lnplus remaining after deducting the perpetual appor- <br />tiOllll1ents (aIlel right to inCl'ea8c) now I1l:Hlc plus fiUY possihle in- <br />ternational uUl'elcn, The ~upplelllent:ll npl'Ortiolllllent will not <br />rlist1ll'h 01' impair tlIe I'er'petu:ll appol"tionlllellt made by t.he pl'es- <br />ellt t'umpaet. <br /> <br />The repnyment of thp. e-o!';t of the consh-He-tion of necessary <br />flood-control reservoirs fur the pl'otection of the lower rh'cr coun" <br />try, prohahly will re:-mlt ill a fUI.ced ue\'e.lopment in the Lower <br />Basin. For this I'ea~Oll a permissible ntldit.ional derelopment in <br />the Lower Basin to the extent of a henetiit'ial con:;':;llmpti\'e use of <br />one million aCl'e-feet:- was recognized in or(lel' thnt any further <br />apportionment of ~UI'plus waters might he nltog-ethcl' n\'oifled or <br />at leal't dela.\-t~d to n \"I:'r,\' remote pel'iocl. This right of ~ldditioDal <br />IIp\-elopment is not a final apport.ionment. rrhis ChlU~I' dOP8 not <br />interfere with the apport.iolllUent to the Uppcr Ba-sill fir with the <br />,'ight of the States of tlle Uppel' Bnsin to ask,for i'm'thel' appor. <br />tiOIlIllC'lIt hy a ~nh~equel1t eOIllUlii;Ril)n. <br /> <br />The eOlllpnct prmides that the Upper Basin shnll not be <br />refJuiT'f~tl to dclher an,," water to the Lower Ba;o:;;in which cannot <br />ue benefkially applied io I}Ol1Jt'!';tie allll f\:':"l'ieultural lIfoles, rower <br />claims will n!wflY:::: be limited hy the fJuantity of water llCCeS!'lary <br />for domestie and agricultllral pm'llOses, The generation of )lower <br />is maue snb:"el'\'ient to t.he pl'cfcITetl nnd (}olllin:Jnt uses and shall <br />not interfere with junior Jlrefcl'l'('II m;.(':;.:; in either h:181n_ <br /> <br />Artiele VII~ }Jl'oteeting tile obligatifJllS of the Uuited ~t:ltes <br />to the Indian trihe:". ,1\"oid:-: net'esioiit\' of C01Hlitionnl ratificatiun <br />of the compact by the Congl'e8!'.. Sl;eh rights are negligiule amI <br /> <br />[ " <br /> <br />~ '"",~~, <br /> <br />..- <br />