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<br /> <br />The Colorado River Water Conservation District <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br /> <br />-i <br /> <br />i <br /> <br /> <br />Tue Sep 12th, 2006 <br /> <br />s::.:>'RCiI <br />I <br /> <br />GO';> <br /> <br />About Us <br />Contact Us <br />Media Contact <br /> <br />FAQ'S <br /> <br />History <br /> <br />policies <br /> <br />Colorado River <br />Compacts <br /> <br />Colorado Storage <br />Project Act <br /> <br />Interstate VVater <br />Marketing <br /> <br />Transmountain VVater <br />Diversions <br /> <br />VVater Quality <br />Operations <br />progra ms/ Projects <br />Public Information <br />Gallery <br /> <br />PHOTO GALLERY p <br /> <br /> <br />Fish Sampling <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />j <br />S.REAM GAGES <br /> <br />1 <br />.+- <br />c~ <br /> <br />WE..\THER ~EPOflTS <br /> <br />S'JOW ~EPORTS <br /> <br />..> '. tWAllJJJCHE REflORTS <br /> <br />Home <br /> <br />About Us <br /> <br />Operations <br /> <br />Programs/ Projects <br /> <br />Public Informati(] <br /> <br />INTERSTATE WATER MARKETING <br /> <br />C:::Q!Qr~dQ...Ri.ve.r....W~le.r..C:::QIJ$e.rv~tiQI1....PIs.tri.~t....PQ!i<:y...statements.; <br />The Colorado River Water Conservation District opposes any proposal to <br />Colorado River water between the states of the Upper Colorado River Basin an <br />Colorado River Basin without the unanimous consent of all seven states or <br />states of the Upper Colorado River Basin without similar, unanimous consen <br />Upper Basin states, <br /> <br />.a~(:kgr.QY.~..;. <br />The State of Colorado is signatory to the 1922 Colorado River Compact and t <br />Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. The 1922 and 1948 compacts, along' <br />1944 International Treaty with Mexico, a number of other federal laws, anc <br />States Supreme Court decisions comprise the "Law of the River," The dive <br />Colorado River water for consumptive beneficial uses within the State of Col <br />subject to, and limited by, provisions of the Law of the River. <br /> <br />The Colorado River Compacts of 1922 and 1948 protect Colorado from dow <br />states claiming prior (senior) use that would preclude Colorado's eventual deve <br />of its full entitlement. Accordingly, the compacts must be protected and defenc <br />legal challenge or amendment unless all seven basin states agree to the ter <br />proposed change. Any non-consensual proposal to market water between bas <br />represent an abrogation of the 1922 Compact. <br /> <br />The primary purposes of both compacts are to provide legal certainty regard <br />much water each state can develop, to allow states to develop their water rE <br />when the water is needed, and to preclude the interstate application of t <br />appropriation doctrine. These, and other, benefits of the compacts outweigh an <br />term benefit that may accrue to one state from interstate marketing of its c <br />allocated water. <br /> <br />Periodically, individuals have proposed water development projects in Colore <br />would provide water to lower basin states permanently or for a defined period <br />The most recent was the proposed Roan Creek Project. This project, to be loca' <br />DeBeque, proposed to perfect Chevron Oil's conditional water rights intende, <br />shale production and lease the water to Las Vegas for 50 years or until such <br />Chevron required the water for local use. <br /> <br />Additionally, Utah has historically proposed selling a portion of its compact ent <br />to lower basin interests through a binding commitment to forego developml <br />specified portion of its entitlement, in essence transferring a portion of its ent <br /> <br />http://www .crwcd.org/page _124 <br /> <br />9/12/2006 <br />