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<br />Fact Sheet #2
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<br />"Today the U.S, Bureau of
<br />Reclamation's Yuma Projects Office
<br />is the custodian of the Colorado
<br />River along the river's last 275 miles
<br />in the U.s" from Davis Dam at laugh-
<br />lin, Nevada, and Bullhead City,
<br />Arizona, to the Mexican border at
<br />San Luis, Arizona, and San Luis,
<br />Sonora, Mexico,
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<br />Reclamation serves only as the cus-
<br />,todlan of Colorado River water, not
<br />" as the owner of the water; almost all
<br />Colorado River water is allotted to
<br />the seven basin states: Colorado,
<br />Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, '
<br />Arizona, Nevada, and California, ,
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<br />Under the 1944 treaty between
<br />Mexico and the United States,
<br />Mexico is allotied 11/2 million acre~
<br />Ieet of Colorado River water per
<br />year. (An acre-foot I;' the amount of
<br />water that would cover one acre at a
<br />depth of one loot; 325,851 gallons; a
<br />typical family of five uses aboul one
<br />acre-foot a year.)
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<br />River Divisions
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<br />For administrative purposes,
<br />the Colorado River is divided
<br />into ten operational divisions
<br />between Davis Dam and the
<br />Mexican border:
<br />,- [> Mohave Valley Division, '
<br />from Davis Dam to Topock,
<br />includes Needles, Califor-
<br />nia, Bullhead City, Arizona,
<br />" and Laughlin, Nevada
<br />areas, and the Fort Mohave
<br />Indian Reservation;
<br />SONORA,
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<br />Waters of the Colorado Series
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