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<br />000841 <br /> <br />THE HYDROLOGIC GUTS OF THE <br />COMPACT ARE IN ARTICLE III <br /> <br />III (a). "There is hereby appmtioned . . . in <br />perpetuity to the Upper Basin and to the <br />Lower Basin. .. the exclusive beneficial <br />consumptive use of 7,500,000 af per annum. <br />" <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />III (b). "In addition to . . . paragi"aph (a) the <br />Lower Basin is hereby given the right to <br />increase its beneficial consumptive use. . .by <br />one million af per annum." <br /> <br />III (c). Provides that water for Mexico "shall <br />be supplied first from the waters over and <br />above. . . paragraphs (a) and (b); and if such <br />surplus shall prove insufficient. . . the burden <br />. . . shall be equally borne by the Upper Basin <br />and the Lower Basin and the Upper Division <br />states shall deliver at Lee Ferry water to <br />supply (its obligation) . . . in addition to that <br />provided in paragraph (d). <br /> <br />III (d). The states of the Upper Division will <br />not cause the flow. . " at Lee Ferry to be <br />depleted below an aggregate of 75,000,000 <br />'at for any ten consecutive years. . . " <br /> <br />2 <br />