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<br />001433 <br /> <br />Nevada <br />New Mexico <br />utah <br />Wyoming <br /> <br />1 <br />15 <br />11 <br /> <br />2.1 <br />5.5 <br />10.8 <br />6.6 <br /> <br />G. Colorado River Basin Project Act <br /> <br />Arizona v. California led directly to the Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin Project Act of 1968, 43 U.S.C. ~1501 et seq. (1976). <br /> <br />The day after the Supreme Court's decision was issued, <br /> <br />Arizona's Senators submitted a bill to authorize the Central <br /> <br />Arizona Project. <br /> <br />The Colorado River Basin Project Act <br /> <br />authorized the CAP at a projected cost of $1.395 billion, and <br /> <br />it promised much more. <br /> <br />Congress recognized that the Colorado River system con- <br /> <br />tained too little water to satisfy the Mexican Water Treaty <br /> <br />burden and accommodate the growing needs of the Upper and <br /> <br />Lower Basins. <br /> <br />It concluded that "there can be no lasting <br /> <br />solution to the water problems and disputes of the states of <br /> <br />the Colorado River Basin without the addition of more <br /> <br />wa ter. "32 The water of the River required augmentation by <br /> <br />about 2.5 m. a. f., and without it, "One of America's fastest <br /> <br />growing regions -- the Colorado River Basin -- is in danger <br /> <br />of economic stagnation. "33 Congress directed the Secretary <br /> <br />of the Interior to investigate augmentation of the River, see <br /> <br />43 U.S.C. ~1511, primarily by importation from other basins <br /> <br />or desalinization. <br /> <br />However, at the insistence of Senator <br /> <br />Henry Jackson and other representatives of the Northwest, it <br /> <br />suspended the examination of water importation possibilities <br /> <br />until 1978 (and subsequently extended the suspension to 1988) <br /> <br />-14- <br />