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<br />Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968." Any addition. to Cali-
<br />Cornia', apponionment would require amendments to the d<<rft in
<br />Arizona v. California and 10 the Boulder Canyon Project Act, and
<br />waivers by six States and Con&re~s to the California Limitation Act.
<br />The reallocation ....ould Jeopardl,l~ the repayment prospects oC the
<br />Cennal Arizona Project. thus insuring the objections of both the
<br />United States and Arizona.
<br />The whole point of this discussion, of course. is to emphasize that
<br />due to the legal and political institutions thac have buill up concerning
<br />Colorado River water righls, the prospec:lS of interbasin or even
<br />interstale transfen of Colorado River waler with the consumption
<br />being charged to a different State than the one where it occurs is
<br />indeed unlikely. Whatever the economic or social merits. one can
<br />e"'peee that in the future offers 10 transfer currently unused Upper
<br />Basin water to the lower Basin for a tn'ice win increase as both
<br />Arizona and California seek new or additional supplies of waler. It
<br />is difficult to foresee much success for such offers.
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<br />A. Tht lmfHriallrrlgation District Moon
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<br />IV. INTEItSTATE SALES AJoID TRANSFERS OF COLORADO RIVEIl WATER
<br />IN CALIfORNIA
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<br />The seHing for the discussion will be the enormow quantities or
<br />Colorado River w.ter used by the Imperial Irrilalion Dislrict." and
<br />the efforts of The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
<br />and Imperial to negotiate a wafer conservalion agr~menl. Such an
<br />agreement would resull in reduced Colorado River water diversions
<br />by Imperial, wilh the consequence of there being more water available
<br />to Metropolitan. As long ago as Ihe Special Master's Report in
<br />Arizona v. California, Judge Riflcind noled that much water diverted
<br />by ImperiOJI could be conserved by lining canals and other regulatory
<br />measures,l~ lacking which large quantities of seepage and runoff
<br />would conti.nue to now to thc Sallon Sea, an inland agricultural
<br />sump.IDI Indeed, in 1984, the California State Water Resources Con-
<br />trol Board after a lenglhy hearing detennined that the failure of
<br />Imperial to implement additiona1 watcr conservation measurcs is
<br />unreasonable and constitutes a misuse of water under the California
<br />Constitution and Water Code.I02
<br />For nearly faur years. Imperial and Metropolitan have allempted
<br />ta negotia~~an agreement whereby Metropolitan would pay an annual
<br />sum 10 Imperial to be used for construction and operation of water
<br />conservation measures. In addition Imperial would guarantee that a
<br />specified quantity of water chargeable to Imperial's water delivery
<br />contract wilh the Secretary of the Interior would be left in the River
<br />for diversion by Metropolitan under its lower priorit)'.I.s The slUm-
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<br />This part of the arlicle will examine an event of Colorado River
<br />water, thai of a transfer of Colorado River water between parlies
<br />within the States of California.- In the opinion of the aUlhor this
<br />type of transfer is more likely to occur than interbasin transfer of
<br />Colorado River waters, The question presented is what limitations,
<br />if any. apply ta such transfers, and more particularly, whether they
<br />are loverned by state law or federal law,
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<br />97. n SI,I!. BU (I%BI {codifi~d.I.J U.S.C. .. .,01..,,6 (1'121.
<br />l)I. Th~r( hnC' tlftn KIm~ Irlndrn Ind nch..nltl or Color.do RiwC'r w.l~r in Clrirorni..
<br />For tUmpl~, Mnropolil.n ltal .Irt'tm~nll wlllllhe COlchrll.. vlnC')' WI'~r Dillricr .nd 11l~
<br />[)r<en WII" "Iency. 'boIh Sllle Wllrr Projr" conll"C1oll. ...htrrby Melropol....n w,n Ilk~
<br />drh...rl)' or Co..chclll'l .lId Desrn'l SI.1t Wiler Project ..ar~r !from NOl"lhel'n C.liforn'..)
<br />.nd. in lurn. ...,11 ct.1i...rr In rqu..1 qu..nli.y or ill ColoTldo Ri...er ....Ier 10 Dnell.nd Coath~II...
<br />Includlnl . Iror"l~ .ccounl of 600.000 ur~.rec'1 for ru"rr~ deliwrr,. In ..nO(hrr Ilrrl'lllrnl.
<br />Melropolil..n .I"reI 10 deli..." up 10 11.000 acrr.rftt per J'l'.' or ill Colm.do RI...~r rnllllemml
<br />10 S.n Di~lo G..I Ind E[<<lric Co. ror coolinl purposes .1 ill propoltd Sundnert .tnrr..r,nl
<br />pl.nl in Ihe P.lo 'Verd~ Vllley (..hieh hal nOI ,~I bun eonlll1lClnll. In botll n.mple" IIl~
<br />I .\lpro...al or III of l~ ~rt.e, 10 the Sc...oen Piny ApClrn\ml _lW:h M.\'C COlLlrl.CU with the
<br />: Secr~IIr' .nd IhC' Secret..r, himlorlf .., obt.ined.
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<br />99. ~ Reperl or Spt'Ci..1 Muter. rIIpnz nOloe ~9. II ~I..U (britf hlllory of ImpC'Ti..l').
<br />100. 'd. It tOJ tl. 21. TM: Spe/:it.t MI~u, t.tl AntoPlll "I. CefifQnlia IlOt~d Ih.t in ,,~~
<br />COlchell. Vllley ......rer Pillriet ..nd fh~ Imperial brll.lion Dlslriel C'Onsumpli...cly used
<br />J,662.ooo Icrt.f~et of Colorado Ri...er w.ler. 'd. II 121. Alto, beT.un 196~ ..nd 19BO Ihoe
<br />Impw.r briCllion Dl5lricl diverled .n Ivrra~ of 2.li".000 .cr~.recl taell year .nd Ihll .n
<br />."le'll~ of I.OJ6.446 .cr~.rrrl oenlered Ihr S.lton Se:a., I&ricllllul.1 Rlurn flow from Impenal
<br />Cali!. S.W.R.C.B. Decision 1600..17 Uune ~I. 1914).
<br />101. I%B e.l. SIlt. ell. 392, Ire. 2 (Ih~ prirn.ary PUIllOle of lhe SIIlon Sa II for ",Urction
<br />or stl'pacr).
<br />1(12. S.W.R.C.B. Dr-cis;o" 1600, .1 66 (Junc'21. 19"). The Jurlldir:tion of Ihe BO.rd to
<br />mro'c~ ils dtl:i,lon _.s ehall~tlled and ....Iid.led in Irtll'"lflllrri,.tjoll DisI. .. Sl.'~ Wllll7'
<br />Rru)lIrcrs C'0,,1'OI Bd.. IB6 C.I. App ,d 1160. 1162, 1171 (19B6). Allhoe lime of Ihl, wrilin..
<br />Ih~ meril' of Detilion 1600 .T~ brinllrif"ll on rem..nd to lhe SuPft'ior CoW1.
<br />10J. ~ .",Ihof. II" pani.cipanl i" tholt rltsoti.tiona ...,\1 ~ the hi\to.!ic 4ellll, CO(
<br />Inolhe\" lim~. Th~ par.melel' of such .n .Irmntnl .r~ Pft'haps IhOW'n by . M~morlndum of
<br />UndfluIM,nS1QtMt! b, ~be nqali.aIOII in Jill, 19U. .1Id .~d 1I1l&h1_sl, b, Metro-
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