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<br /> <br /> <br />:~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />j: <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />'~ <br />.:J <br />., <br /> <br />I <br />. <br />.~ <br /> <br />:'"4 <br /> <br />'1 <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />.,' <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />Hoover and Colorado's Carpenter, then, "ere instrumental in convening the <br /> <br />resin states to form a compact, although their reasons for doing so may have <br /> <br />differed. Heover "anted to form a compact as soon as possible, as his pet <br /> ~ <br />project at Boulder Canyon, along "ith all reclamation in the 10l.er basin, "ould <br />be delayed until a compact "as agreed upon. C2rpenter represented the upper states' <br /> <br />and their fear that a dE'velopment boom dmffistrearn '"ith projects suchas Hoover,Dam \IOU].: <br /> <br />s~rely limit their o,m future gro"th. Denver, for example, nearly doubled <br /> <br />its population bet"een 1900 and 1 9204~nd needed reliable sources of "ater to <br /> <br />~tain this expanding popUlation. A]l seven states, in fact, had an interest <br /> <br />in guaranteeing their rights to the Colorado, although for differing reasons. <br /> <br />The Commission, ho"ever, cculd not reach a settlement that "ould apportion <br /> <br />. , h ~. h <br />s~lflC amounts of "ater to eac state, not belng able to agree upon t e <br /> <br />number of irrigable acres IJithin each state. Carpenter and Hoover took the lead <br /> <br />in proposing an alternative solution that "ould divide the Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />at Lee Ferry in northern Arizona and allot a certain amount of '<ater to the Upper <br /> <br />Division state above tl~t point (Colorado, Ne" Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah) and to <br /> <br />the Lower Division states belo" it (California, Arizona, and Nevada). This proposal <br /> <br />was accepted by the Commission. <br /> <br />TIle Colorado River Compact allotted the "ater in terms of a measurable <br /> <br />wount, using the standard measure of acre-feet which "as, and is, the most common <br /> <br />measuring stick of "ater use. (One acre-foot is equal to the volume of "ater that <br /> <br />it takes to cover an acre of land to a depth of one foot.) The Upper and LO\;er <br /> <br />Basins each received 7.5 million acre-feet of the flo" of the Colorado. In <br /> <br />addition, the Lo"er Basin was given the right to increase its beneficial COI1- <br />. f h . . l' 5] ...... <br />sumptlVe use 0 t e nver by one mll lon acre-feet per year. lillS extra \Jater <br /> <br />would come from the surplus flow of the Colorado, assuming that such a surplus <br /> <br />would exist. These figures "Iere based upon the negotiators' estimation of 18,000,000 <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />_'J. .:::ul~~, ~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br />