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<br />()~1910 <br /> <br />,', <br /> <br />-~s- <br /> <br />liveries to the!'~ ',oule1 necessarily lJe re(luced :')ro~)or~ionatel:r, in <br />i1,ccorucnce '7i th ',re:'l-recocnized "Jrinciples of equity, <br /> <br />Si tuation C\S to Utah an(1 l!ev<:lc1a <br />I 1ToulC 11:',13 to tOL~ch briefly L~)On the situation of Utc,h and <br /> <br />l;evada o,n.:. their utL.izati,:m of their shares of the 'Taters of <br /> <br />th " , 1 R <br />e .l....UC~(L:,r i v er J <br /> <br />the Virgin River, am1 Jo:anab Cree-'" in the Loper <br /> <br />Basin. The Vir:::;in River rises In Utcb, flo'ls throuc;h Arizona, <br /> <br />thence t:!I'OL1:::;h Heva(1e. nhere it enters La2:,e j;e~c1. Tl1e i;ud(1y <br /> <br />River Is, ~s I unlersta!1e1 it, E:ntire:'~' "ithin the State of lieveda, <br /> <br /> <br />J:[,nab Cree:: ric es in Utc:,h, and flol1s into Ari zona in the LOlTer <br /> <br /> <br />Basin. It a~J:'ears to us in Arizona thc:,t insofar as l:evada nne1 <br /> <br />Utah are concerned, an('. their ri,";hto to us e "ater of thos e tribu- <br /> <br />taries is concerned, their best interests require th€"t the bene- <br />ficial consLu;Ji.'tive l!Se of ',ater be measureo. b~T the resulting <br /> <br />depletion at the mouths of those tributaries, as Arizona contends <br /> <br />that it shoule1 be Llensured e.nd as Utah has ac;reed that it <br /> <br />sh,Jule1 be IJeasured in the Upper Colorac10 River Basin COi:lpact. <br /> <br />Of course, Ut2b CO,nnot : ro.cerly tr~:e one osition in the UP:~er <br /> <br />o,8sin r,nc1 a contrary )osition in the Loper Dasin. Honever, all <br /> <br />the tributaries are '!8l?tinC stren1S, as is the Gila River in <br /> <br />Arizona and !leu ;;sxico, By ~:leasu;:,ins beneficial consumptive <br /> <br />use by the resultinc:: (1e~')letion at the iJouths of the various <br /> <br />tributaries, all users of "aters froTl those tributaries can <br />use :..;reater quantities of 'later than they cOl',lcl um1er the <br /> <br />California theory of fJeasure::Ient of "iJeneficial consu:.11Jtive use <br /> <br />at points of use, nithout re[;arc1 to the effect upon the streafJs, <br />