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<br />OQ14...6 <br /> <br />,....':-"j <br />// <br />( ,-; <br />~ L' <br /> <br />,-, <br />\ <br /> <br />y-' <br />C__ ~-_--~'/-1--( <br /> <br />'- ---:---- <br /> <br />CONTRARY VIEWS OF THE LAW OF THE COLORADO RIVER: <br /> <br />AN EXAMINATIQN OF RIVALRIES BETWEEN <br /> <br />AND LOWER BASINS <br /> <br /> <br />By John U. Carlson and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Alan E. Boles, Jr. <br />~---r;.(. /y.) :(,.'? /"' / <br />J ll/l., /,.: r:..-. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Colorado River arises in the mountains of Wyoming <br /> <br />and Colorado and flows 1400 miles to the sea. Its basin <br /> <br />covers one-twelfth of the contiguous continental United <br /> <br />States.1 <br /> <br />It crosses or borders se~en states and passes <br /> <br />through another country, Mexico. Because" [i] t 'is the only <br /> <br />great river ... entirely within an arid region," Congressman <br /> <br />Taylor of Colorado pronounced it in 1928 to be "intrinsically <br /> <br />the most valu,~ble stream in the world. "2 Its water is <br /> <br />exported beyond its drainage area to a greater degree than <br /> <br />that of any other American river.3 Over half of the people <br /> <br />of the West depend upon it as a source of water,4 'although, <br /> <br />unlike any other major river, no large city is situated close <br /> <br />to it.5 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Harnessed and re-directed by a network of dams and <br /> <br />diversion projects, vigorously administered by state author- <br /> <br />ities, and stewarded by the Bureau of Reclamation, the <br /> <br />Colorado is "one of the most institutionally encompassed <br /> <br />rivers in the country."6 A set of compacts, treaties, <br /> <br />statutes and judicial decisions, collectively known as the <br /> <br />-1- <br /> <br />~,2..oc). 300 . <-to. A. <br />