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<br />001548 <br /> <br />904 <br /> <br />ECOLOGY LAW QUARTERLY <br /> <br />[Vol. 28:903 <br /> <br />2. The Lower Basin ....... ............ .............. ............... 918 <br />B. Keeping the Status Quo: Restrictions on Transfers <br />in the Law of L."1.e River .................. ........ .............. ....921 <br />II. Increasing Demands on the Colorado River .................. 926 <br />A. Population Growth and Groundwater Overdraft...... 926 <br />B. Increasing the Pressure: Indian Reserved Rights .....927 <br />C. The Growing Salinity Problem................................. 930 <br />D. Efforts to Save the Salton Sea ................................. 933 <br />E. The Inevitable Future: Moving Water from Farms to <br /> <br />Cities. .. . . .. . .. . . . .. . .. . ... . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. ... . . . .. .. . . . . . . ... .. .. .. . ... 936 <br /> <br />III. Recent Developments on the Lower Colorado ................937 <br />A. The Arizona Water Bank ......................................... 937 <br />B. Interstate Water Banking........................................ 938 <br />C. Moving Water from Agricultural to Municipal Use: <br />The Seven Party Agreement, the "4.4 Plan," and the <br />"Quantification Settlement Agreement" ................... 939 <br />D. Giving in to the Pressure? The New Colorado River <br />Surplus Criteria....... .... ...........;... ,........ ...................945 <br />IV. Proposals for Securing Water for the Delta.................... 951 <br />. A. Using Federal Law to Coerce Change: The Pacific <br />Institute Proposal and Defenders of Wildlife v. <br /> <br />Babbitt...., .... . ...... ........ ....... ..................................... 952 <br /> <br />1. The Pacific Institute Proposal ........ .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. , ... 953 <br />2. Defenders ofWildijfev. Babbitt ..........................957 <br />B. Using the Market to Secure Water for the Delta: <br />The Sonoran Institute and Clinton Engineering <br /> <br />Proposals....... ................................ .........................963 <br /> <br />1. The Sonoran Institute Proposal........................... 963 <br />2. The Clinton Engineering Proposal...................... 966 <br />C. The Best Course for Saving the Delta.........,............ 971 <br />V. Reaching International Agreement: Administering the <br />Return ofInstream Flows to the Delta........................... 977 <br />A. The International Boundmy and Water <br /> <br />Commission..................... ................................. ...... 978 <br /> <br />B. Enforcing a Transfer Program: The Extent of IBWC <br />Minute-Making Authority....;................................... 981 <br /> <br />Conclusion. ................................. .... ................................ ......986 <br /> <br />1- <br />j <br />~ <br />~ <br />!! <br />