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<br />CAP with the passale of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, n
<br />California's price for support for the Project and the Act was $~ere.
<br />Waler could be deli\'ered to the CAP in a shortage year only aner
<br />California. had rccei\ltd iu basic ",400,000 acre-foot appropriation,
<br />Irrf-speetlye or the Secrel.ry', dlscrellon to allocate .he remainlnJ
<br />ILlpply dler pro\lldinl ror prelent perreelcd rllhtl,n In lum, the
<br />continued usdulnt5s of the Project and it, repayment became 'arlely
<br />dependent on surplus waters and the now of unused Upper Basin
<br />waler. The J11anning for the project acknowledges this fact.~'
<br />The other rele\lant feature of Ihe Colorado River Basin Project
<br />Act required the Secrelary to develop crileria to coordinate the long.
<br />range operalion of the reservoirs consfructed on Ihe Colorado River
<br />under Ihe various aclS of Congress." These criteria have been adopled
<br />afler consider::tble review by and consultation with all the Colorado
<br />River Basin Stales.'" Imporlant to California is the provision .hat
<br />once the Central Arizona Project is on line. California will be limited
<br />10 ils basic annual benericial consumptive use righls of 4,400,000
<br />a.cre.fm, unle!.\ a surp\u~ exists c( the Stae\ary exen:ises the a.u.
<br />thorily siven in the Arizona v, Cali/ornia decree to allocale to
<br />California the unused apportionments or Arizona and Nevada."
<br />Fortunately. during the middle 1980s. heavy snowfall in the Rockies
<br />contributed to full rrscrvoin and surpluses in Ihe Lower Basin.
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<br />(b) Arlit~ IIIBllJ) or Iht d~ce of Ihe SuprCIIW Coun or lhe u...itftt Sllln In
<br />ArilOl\l ap,n\t Caloromu, U'(i U.S. ~l ,h..!!' M to ad.n\ln'~1tfed th..1 in In)' )'nl
<br />In "hitll,,, d~l~rminC'd b, Ihe Secnlll')'. IlItre il inlufficient mlin Ilream COIOrldo
<br />RI,,<< ..ller n.,ll.ble for rrkl" 10 II.li,f, Innual ton'UII1Pli", UN Or lC'\IYn million
<br />fi\lt hundrC'd IhouloI.nd .tlt-ftel: ill Arilonl.. Californ;a. and New-Idl. di"e-nionl rrom
<br />lht 1111;11 ilium for Iht CC'nlr.1 Arizonl Project tblll be 10 limiltd I.' 10 "IUlt Ihe
<br />1"lil.biIily of _1lC'r in qUl.nliliu 'lIrrU:_1 to pro"i4~ (01 tilt .1I'1:11.1C' ..nnual
<br />eonlUlI1pli"e Ult by holdtfl of prntnl ptrfC'Clcod nllhll. by olhrr u~n in IhC'SI.tt
<br />of CllifoO"lul .C"t"rd und1:r e.i~linl ronlr.tU ...ilh (he Uniltd Sllltt b, di"erlion
<br />worh he-rC'lcofore e-onslruttC'd, .nd "" ol~r t1i,linl Fnlrr.l ~Itf"...ionl in Ihal
<br />51111:. of four 1I111110n four hundred Ihou!.lnd lere.r", of rnainllrelll1 ..Itf. Ind bJ
<br />U'lC'1l of Ihe \lmt ehJrlC1C'1" in Ariron. ....d Nnradl. . . .
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<br />RlPO.'. Cl..n..t A.llO.... P.OlH'T WITH FID~"'t PU,..,.IlI..T Pown AlJUllnult.)ln (Ftb.
<br />1961) ftontllne-d in lItt1mlts 011 H.R. 1100. S..bcMllltitl" Oil Irriro/'oll .lId RfOC'alll.UotI 01
<br />'lit CO';''''III~ 011 ffllt,jo, .lId f'lnlf., 141101'1. 90rh COni,. 1s1. Stst.. 91-97 (19671),
<br />75. Colorl.do 1t.iwn auill Proj~ AC'!. P..b, L. No, fJO-H'. n Sill. U,. 900 (1961),
<br />1d. SrI' NllhlnlOn. IIIprw nOlt 6. II 10'7. Arp. 'VII-'.
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<br />Sccrel8ry to Idopt general regulltions In connection wilh water
<br />delivery contracts.'1 More recently. the Secretary had adopted r~&U.
<br />lalions applicable fo holders of water delivery contracts in Ihe lower
<br />Basin.'" The regulations arc: directed at the waste or non-beneficial
<br />use of Colorado River water. While 10 date these regulations have
<br />only been used 10 require the submittal or water con!'iervalion plans
<br />by Ihe contract holders, they remain a strona tool available to thr
<br />Secretary as Watermasler of the River 10 insure that consumptive
<br />use of Colorado River water is indeed beneficial,-
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<br />E. T7I~ United Slates-Muico Wattr Treary
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<br />As noted earlier. the Co\ora60 R..lver Compact rCC'ognized thai
<br />some day there might be a Heaty between the United States and Ihe
<br />Republic of Mexico concerning Colorado River water. Under the
<br />Compact, any obligation to deliver water to Mexico pursuant to thaC
<br />treaty woulct.be met out of surplus waters. If Ihere was not a surplus.
<br />each Basin (Upper and lower) was to share the burden equally,1I A
<br />Irealy wich Mrxico was in fact negotiated and signtd in 1944 which
<br />affcclN the water supply in both the Colorado River and the Rio
<br />Grande River.u The trraty obligaled the Uniled Slates to deli\ler to
<br />M~xico 1,500,000 acre-feet of water per year (up to 1.700.000 acre-
<br />fret in surplus years), Most people concede that this quantity comrs
<br />mainly from the mainstream of the Colorado River. At the signing
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<br />'71. s" WnllJI I: 'En, IIrP"" nott l. at 1004. 1005.
<br />79. 4l C,F.R, .. ..17.1.....17.6 (1911), Prt\llOulfy, io 1964. Ihf Stcrnl.f}' 1....,C"d.n ordn-
<br />m.lndalin" thl.l 1.11 lo..er Bltin waler UICT1l rtdutf lheir utC' by 10 pttcnll due 10 eritiCJII
<br />hydrolol'le~1 condilioll' on the Colorado Rl"er and the filll"1 or L.tt Po~ll. oW Yum. MtuI
<br />IrnlllliQn and Drl.illllC: Dill. l'. Udllll, 253 F. Supp. 909 (D.C. 1966),
<br />80, Sn /fIfNr 1"1 II noln 101:1-OoI. IJ'''''' Ind at"I:ompanyill' Inl (I ",Itf dilCUllion at
<br />Iht rolt of Iht California SI.'t WaitT IlnoulUII Conlrol Board in elimln.lin, ..,It or
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<br />11. Compact. supro nOlf ), at An, III (c). Sft ",,,,. nOle 17 and acromp;lnyinl 1"1
<br />(le.1 of Anidc: III (ell. Stt HU)lOLE'Y. 1IIp'" nOl:e '. 1.1 X1).I.. (I h:iAOIJ (If Ihe COIl~ of
<br />Ihe- frn.tlt Or IheCompllC1 on Ihi,;l1ur).
<br />In The Ullhllllion of W.IC'\"TI of lhe Cololado. Tiju.'" and Rio Grlndt Ri"C'I"I Trnlly.
<br />" 5111. 12111 (1944). Sn Nl.lhlll.Kln. SlIP"' nOle 6. It App. 1.)0 (con of Iht llealy), Sn tlW
<br />Myerl ..nd Noble-. 11Ir Colorvdo R'!IH: nw Trra':f WW, UeriC"o. 19 STAll. L. Rn. 361(1967)
<br />ea del.,led hillolJ o( Ihe trcaly).
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