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WYOMING v. COLORADO <br />353 U.S. 953 (1957) <br />Important Provisions: <br />Permits Colorado to divert from the Laramie River and its tributaries 49,375 acre-feet per <br />year, subject to the following limitations: <br />a. No more than 19,875 acre-feet per year tnay be diverted by Colorado for use <br />outside the basin. <br />b. No more than 29,500 acre-feet per year may be diverted by Colorado for use <br />within the basin, of which not more than 1,800 acre-feet can be diverted after <br />July 31 of each year. <br />c. Any portion of the 19,875 acre-feet per year not diverted by Colorado for use <br />outside the basin can be added to the 29,500 acre-feet per year permitted for use <br />within the basin. <br />d. All waters diverted by Colorado for use within the basin are restricted to <br />irrigation use on those lands designated by the court at the time of the decree. <br />2. This decree does not prejudice the right of either state to exercise the use of the waters of <br />Sand Creek. <br />18 <br />