PUB00155

• Year: 2007
• Title: The Colorado River The Story of a Quest for Certainty on a Diminishing River
• CWCB Section: Administration
• Author: Eric Kuhn
• Description: The Colorado River The Story of a Quest for Certainty on a Diminishing River
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Background ...................................................... 1

The Water Community and It's Quest for Certainty .......................2
The Colorado IntraState Compact (alk/a HB-1177) Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
SWSI Assumption Concerning Water Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Does Colorado Really Have Surplus Colorado River Water Available? . . . . . . . . 7
Author's Note and Motivation for the Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

CHAPTER II

THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN YESTERDAY AND TODAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Lower Basin Tributaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Upper Basin Tributaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

CHAPTER III

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RIVER AND THE
LAW OF THE RIVER THROUGH 1928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Colorado River Basin Prior to 1922 ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Legal and Political Developments in the Upper Basin .................... 18
Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

CHAPTER IV

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RIVER
AND THE LAW OF THE RIVER FROM 1930 THROUGH 1968 ............. 26

Introduction ..................................................... 26

Developments on the Lower River ................................... 27
California Water Contracts and the Seven Party Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Arizona v. California - The First Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Mexican Water Treaty .........................................30
Development in the Upper Basin From 1929 Through 1946 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
House Document 419, "The Colorado River," Eightieth Congress First Session 33