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COLORADO RIVER COMPACT <br />November 24, 1922 <br />Signatory States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming <br />Major Purposes: <br />1. Equitable division of the waters of the Colorado River (Art. I) <br />2. Establish relative importance of different uses (Art. II) <br />3. Promote interstate comity (Art. I) <br />4. Remove causes of present and future controversies (Art. I) <br />5. Secure expeditious agricultura] and indus~rial development of the basin (Art. I) <br />Important Provisions: <br />1. Divides Colorado River Basin into the Lower Basin (California, Arizona, Nevada) and the <br />Upper Basin (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming) at Lee Ferry, Arizona. <br />(Art. I and II) <br />2. Allocates 7,500,000 acre-feet of consumptive use to each basin per annum. (Art. III) <br />3. Allows Lower Basin to increase its consumptive use by 1,000,000 acre-feet per year. <br />(Art. III) <br />4. Provides for Mexican allocation, ~rst from surplus waters above the 15,000,000 acre-feet per <br />year, and secondly splits obligation equally between the basins. (Art. III) <br />5. Provides that Upper Basin shall deliver 75,000,000 acre-feet in each consecutive 10-year <br />period to the Lower Basin. (Art. III) <br />6. Subordinates navigation use to domestic, agriculture, and power purposes. (Art. IV) <br />7. Subordinates power use to domestic and agricultural purposes. (Art. IV) <br />8. Termination of compact by unanimous agreement of all signatory states. (Art. X) <br />4 <br />