WSP11600

• File Number: 8276.100
• Description: Grand Valley Unit - Colorado River Basin Salinity Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1978
• Title: The Colorado River -- Water Quality Improvement Program
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

The Colorado River

The majestic Colorado
River, rising in the snow-
capped Rocky Mountains,
collects water from parts of
seven States as it cuts its
way some 1,400 miles to the
southwest and Mexico until
finally emptying into the
Gulf of California. The river
is a unique water, power,
and environmental resource
for 14.5 million people.

The Colorado River is one
of the most physically devel-
oped and regulated rivers
in the Nation. The waters
of the Colorado are appor-
tioned among the Upper
and Lower Basin States and
the Republic of Mexico by
compacts, treaty. water de-
livery contracts. Supreme
Court decisions, and con-
gressional legislation. As
measured against these
existing apportionments.
the river basin does not yield
a sufficient water supply for
the development of all its
vast land and energy re-
sources.

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Hoover Dam on the Colorado
River

Los Angeles, one of the major
Colorado River water users

Irrigated cornfield In the Upper
Colorado River Basin

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