Colorado River Workshop CWCB July 20 2004

• Description: Colorado River Workshop CWCB July 20 2004
• State: CO
• Date: 7/20/2004
• Title: Colorado River Workshop CWCB July 20 2004
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Meeting

COLORADO RIVER
WORKSHOP
Colorado Water Conservation Board
July 20, 2004
• JIM The term "Upper Basin" means those parts of
the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico,
Utah and Wyoming within and from which waters
naturally drain into the Colorado River System
above Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States
located without the drainage area of the Colorado
River System which are now or shall hereafter be
beneficially served by waters diverted from the
System above Lee Ferry.
• 11(a) The term "Colorado River System" means
that portion of the Colorado River and its
tributaries within the United States of America.
• 11(b) The term "Colorado River Basin" means all
of the drainage area of the Colorado River System
and all other territory within the United States of
America to which the waters of the Colorado
River System shall be beneficially applied.
Colorado River Compact
Negotiated in 1922.
By representatives of the 7 Colorado River Basin
States and the Federal Government.
Became effective in 1929 after congressional
approval in the Boulder Canyon Project Act, where
California agreed "expressly and unconditionally"
with the United States, for the benefit of the other
Colorado River Basin States, to limit its uses of the
Lower Basin's Compact Share to 4.4 MAFY.
• II(g) The tern "Lower Basin" means those parts of
the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, New
Mexico and Utah within and from which waters
naturally drain into the Colorado River System
below Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States
located without the drainage area of the Colorado
River System which are now or shall hereafter be
beneficially served by waters diverted from the
System below Lee Ferry.
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