7317

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7317
• Author: Cowan, M. S., W. R. Cheney and J. C. Addiego.
• Title: Executive Summary of the Colorado River Simulation System.
• USFW Year: 1981.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 1.-Legal and Institutional Documents Covering Operations of The Colorado River System
"LAWS OF THE RIVER"
Supreme Court Decree in Winters v. United States - 1908.
Supreme Court Decree in Wyoming v, Colorado -June 5, 1922.
Colorado River Compact -November 24, 1922.
Boulder Canyon Project Act -December 21, 1928.
California Limitation Act -March 4, 1929.
Seven-Party Water Agreement -August 18, 1931.
Boulder Canyon Project Water Contracts -February 21, 1930, through the present.
Boulder Canyon Project Power Contracts -April 26, 1930, through the present.
Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act -July 19, 1940.
Mexican Water Treaty -November 8, 1945.
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact -October 11, 1948.
Lake Mead Flood Control Regulations -February 18, 1954.
Colorado River Storage Project Act -April I1, 1956.
General Principles to Govern and Operating Criteria for Glen Canyon Reservoirs and Lake Mead
During the Lake Powell Filling Period -April 2, 1962.
Colorado River Storage Project, General Power Marketing Criteria - 1962.
Supreme Court Decree in Arizona v. California - March 9, 1964.
Judgment of Supreme Court of non-Indian present perfected rights -January 9, 1979. (Indians in-
tervened prior to action and their rights are being litigated.)
Colorado River Basin Project Act (Public Law 90-537, 90th Congress, approved September 30,
1968).
Criteria for Coordinated Long-Range Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs -June l0, 1970.
State Water Laws.
United States v. District Court. Eagle County, Colorado - 1971.
Contracts for sale of water from Colorado River Storage Project Reservoirs.
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (Public Law 93-320) enacted June 24, 1974.
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