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<br />001421
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<br />(H) "Present perfected rights" means perfected rights, as here defmed, existing as of
<br />June 25, 1929, the effective date of the Boulder Canyon Project Act;
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<br />(I) 'Domestic use" shall include the use of water for household, stock, municipal,
<br />mining, milling, industrial, and other like purposes, but shall exclude the generation of
<br />electrical" power;
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<br />(J) "Annual" and "Year," except where the context may otherwise require, refer to
<br />calendar years;
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<br />(K) Consumptive use of water diverted in one state for consumptive use in another
<br />state shall be treated as if diverted in the state for whose benefit it is consumed.
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<br />II. The United States, its officers, attorneys, agents and employees be and they are hereby
<br />severally enjoined:
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<br />(A) From operating regulatory structures controlled by the United States and from releasing
<br />water controlled by the United States other than in accordance with the following order
<br />of priority:
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<br />(1)
<br />(2)
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<br />(3) For power;
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<br />For river regulation, improvement of navigation, and flood control;
<br />For irrigation and domestic uses, including the satisfaction of present perfected rights;
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<br />Provided, however, that the United States may release water in satisfaction of its obligations to
<br />the United States of Mexico under the treaty dated February 3, 1944, without regard to the
<br />priorities specified in this subdivision (A);
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<br />(B) From releasing water controlled by the United States for irrigation and domestic use in
<br />the States of Arizona, California and Nevada, except as follows:
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<br />(1) If sufficient mainstream water is available for release, as determined by the Secretary of
<br />the Interior, to satisfy 7,500,000 acre-feet of annual consumptive use in the aforesaid three
<br />states, then of such 7,500,000 acre-feet of consumptive use, there shall be apportioned
<br />2,800,000 acre-feet for use in Arizona, 4,400,000 acre-feet for use in California, and
<br />300,000 acre-feet for use in Nevada;
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<br />(2) If sufficient mainstream water is available for release, as deterrained by the Secretary of
<br />the Interior, to satisfy annual consumptive use in the aforesaid states in excess of 7,500,000
<br />acre-feet, such excess consumptive use is surplus, and 50% thereof shall be apportioned for
<br />use in Arizona and 50% for use in Cahfoniia; provided, however, that if the United States
<br />so contracts with Nevada, then 46% of such surplus shall be apportioned for use in Arizona
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