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<br />tHlL tly: tl.L.ll. ::lWan Lons.ul.l:~n9 tierv~ces; 4HU 941 865B; Dec-23-02 12:27PMj <br />-Fight Over Colorado River has divided West for decades - 12122102 - NCTimes.net <br /> <br />Page 6 <br />Page 1 Of , <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />AN ErmllNCF~ c:llllJtfYlU3!l <br /> <br />~\ )I\' I ] I l '\ H, \, i "; .. I I \ 1 t ~ <br /> <br />.":.".J, . <br /> <br /> <br />T..... ....... <br /> <br />O~~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Our Best Links <br />I~WeDo. .. <br /> <br />yOder..........., <br />.0...... .,..,.. <br />. . ~~.;.!.. <br />,... .........'u. <br />.:o;'....~:..=... <br /> <br />Fight over Colorado River bas divided <br />West for decades <br /> <br />Keyword Seareh <br />I .. .,.. <br />_Adv.anted <br /> <br />P.r~yj9~S .s.t~ II tleadUpes II Ne~t StQ~ <br /> <br />Qm.cr Lbe newSDaDer.y~!lj.I,)Q <br />of tl)js fL'PQrt <br /> <br />DAVE DOWNEY <br />Staff'Writer <br /> <br />If California is looking for a shoulder to cry on if its annual order of Colorado River Wll1er <br />is slashed next week, it probably shouldn't look to Arizona for sympathy, or, for that matter. <br />to any other state in the river basin. <br /> <br />For decades, California has been taking more water out of the mighty Western river than it <br />was entitled to under a 1922 interstate compact and a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court ruli.ng. <br />though it had permission to do so because other, less developed states did not need their full <br />shares. <br /> <br />Thatls all changing now. <br /> <br />The, ~Luxurious..s.vY.J~..~::WQr.Id <br /> <br />The desert is blooming. The Rocky <br />Mountains are booming. <br /> <br />11 ~ I' ,\!....., ~ ' \ <br /> <br />I ( r; N /\ \;'1 (_~ /\ T () I{ <br /> <br />Seeing what was ahead, other states in the <br />last decade put pressure on California to <br />come up with a plan for staying within its <br />annual allotment of 4.4 million acre--feet - nearly a:third of the river's flow. They were <br />content to let the Golden State gradually wean itself off extra water and come in for what <br />water officials like to call a "soft landing" in 2015_ <br /> <br /> <br />Nevada is already using its entitlement, <br />Arizona is close to using its share and <br />Colorado, Utah. and New Mexico are not far <br />behind. <br /> <br />Waste Dot <br /> <br />But that hinged on San Diego and Imperial counties completing a deal for shifting water <br />from agriculture to wban use; the Imperial Iniga1ion District voted earlier this month to kill <br />the deal. <br /> <br />ht1p:/Iwww.nctimes.netlnewsl2002/20021222111111.html <br /> <br />12123/2002 <br />