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<br />Upper Basin States sought to provide for storage in Lake Powell so that, <br /> <br />in times of low runoff, Upper Basin uses could be protected against the <br /> <br />/'-.~ ""'.-. .,,!,~ <br /> <br />demands of Up-per Basin requirements of delivery at Lee Ferry. In other <br /> <br />words I Lake Powell's storage could be used to make the required HI (d) <br /> <br />(Colorado River Compact) deliveries (75 maf in ten years). <br /> <br />The second consideration for the Upper BaSin States was to provide <br /> <br />for additional storage to insure that the Colorado River Storage Project <br /> <br />payout would be met I that power revenues would be available for storage <br /> <br />projects I and that there would be a water supply for such future projects, <br /> <br />The Lower Division States were most interested in securing as much water <br /> <br />as possible from the Upper Division I and were relying upon Article III (e) <br /> <br />of the Colorado River Compact to accomplish this, <br /> <br />The Lower Division States had taken the positi.on that water that <br /> <br />was not put to beneficial use in the Upper Basin had to come to the Lower <br /> <br />Basin because the Upper Division States could not store the same. This <br /> <br />had been one of CalHornials principal arguments in the debate on the <br /> <br />original Colorado River Storage Project Act. <br /> <br />Section 602 sought to finally set at rest this long-standing dispute <br /> <br />between the Upper and Lower Division States by providing for an operation <br /> <br />method for Lake Powell. This was done by creating a certain priority <br /> <br />schedule for water releases from Lake Powell. These are conta.ined in <br /> <br />three subparagraphs of Section 602 (a). Subparagraphs (1) and (it) provide <br /> <br />for required releases from Lake Powell, Priority No. 1 is given to releases <br /> <br />2 <br />