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,U U 1 J J ----.---.. -7- it appears requisite that international relations be defined by treaty be- t..'Oon the two Nations, and the surplus waters of the Colorado River system be determined. undar Art. III (a) of the Colorado River Compaotl that the ultimate limits ot development in the Upper Basin be defined under the ap- portionment l'aretofore mode by Art. III (a), and the turther apportionment to be IOOde in the future under Art. III (f) of the Colorado River Compact; and that interstate relntions among Statas of the Lower DiViSion, as com- plioated by various aots and oontraots, be elarifie d to suoh e:rtent os me.y be necessary for a bettel' underst!lJlding of the relative riGhts of the Up. par and Lo"ar Basins under the Colorado River Compaot. 16. The Raport evidenoes that the data !lJld information Viere assemblad in different otfioes. It gives the impression, by its arrangement, of be- inG two sepnrate sub-basin reports under one cover. The ab senoe of basin- wide surranaries implies that practises in tre two sub-basins, with respect to diversions and uses of "ater, are so different in oharaoter that oom- parative summaries' for the entire basin oannot be prepared. To make the Report in faot, and in aocordanoe with its title, u. Report on the Colorado River Basin, basin-wide summaries of the data and information should be inn luded in the final revised dro1't. This may involve rearranp;ement ot the ohapters, - oombininp; ohapters IV !lJld VII into one ohapter entitled. "Using the ~later." 0 hapters V and VIII into one entit led, "Power from Ha- ter," ohapters VI and IX into one entitled, "Wonlth from Hater,ll - with each of the three revisod chapters being subdivided into Part 1 - Upper ColoradO River Basin. Part 2 - Lower Colorado River Basin. and Part 3 (to be added) - SUIl1Ilary for Colorado River Basin. It is essential that all terms employed in tha Raport be defined. and be employed oonsistently throughout the Report, to the end that both sub-basins and all States shall be treated alike. 17. For purposes of the Report the Bureau of Reolamation adopts a so. cnlled "Basin," whioh is nai ther the natural basin, "within and from whioh "aters naturally drain into the ColoradO River system," nor i B it tha Co- lorado Rival' Basin as defined by the Colorado River Compact to include, in addition to the nntural basin. "all parts of said Stl1tes without the dr!\inn~e area of tha Colorado River system which are now or shall hereafter be benefioially served by wuters diverted from the systom." Tha so-cnlled "BnGln" of the Report hilS boundnries that coincide with those of the natu- rnl bnsin above 1I3e Ferry, but which depart from the natural boundaries below Lee Ferry. In the chapters relating to "power and Waalth from Hater" the boundnrias below Lee Ferry are expanded to inc lude all of Southern California, and in the Chaptor entitlod "Using the \'ll1ter." the "Basin" belov, Lea Farry inc ludes 7.000 sfjunro miles of the SI11ton Sea drninnp;e ba- sin, inc luding the Imparial Valley. Having adopted such a "Basin," the Raport presents informlltion concerning waters diverted from the COlorado River systcrm for use outside the nu.turnl basin. and dasienates those above Lac Ferry as "export diversions." Hhile diversions exactly similar in physical and legal charaoter are made below Lee Ferry. the term "export divers ions" doa s not appear in the Lower Basin portion of the ftoport, pre- sumably because the waters are used within the adopted "Basin," thou(;h outside the natural basin tha sama as those above Lee Ferry. Thus the Re- port implies that practises in tho Upper Bnsin differ from those in the