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the drainage area of the Colorado river system which are now or shall hereafter be <br />beneficially served by waters diverted from the Colorado river system above Lee ferry. <br />(g) The term "lower basin" means those parts of the states of Arizona, California, <br />Nevada, New Mexico and Utah within and from which waters naturally drain into the <br />Colorado river system below Lee ferry, and also all parts of said states located without <br />the drainage area of the Colorado river system which are now or shall hereafter be <br />beneficially served by waters diverted from the Colorado river system below Lee ferry. <br />(h) The term "Colorado river compact" means the agreement concerning the <br />apportionment of the use of the waters of the Colorado river system dated November 24, <br />1922, executed by commissioners for the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, <br />Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, approved by Herbert Hoover, representative <br />of the United States of America, and proclaimed effective by the President of the United <br />States of America, June 25, 1929. <br />(i) The term "Upper Colorado river system" means that portion of the Colorado river <br />system above Lee ferry. <br />0) The term "Commission" means the administrative agency created by article VIII of <br />this compact. <br />(k) The term "water year" means that period of twelve months ending September 30 <br />of each year. <br />(1) The term "acre- foot" means the quantity of water required to cover an acre to the <br />depth of one foot and is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet. <br />(m) The term "domestic use" shall include the use of water for household, stock, <br />municipal, mining, milling, industrial and other like purposes, but shall exclude the <br />generation of electrical power. <br />(n) The term 'virgin flow" means the flow of any stream undepleted by the activities <br />of man. <br />Article III <br />(a) Subject to the provisions and limitations contained in the Colorado river compact <br />and in this compact, there is hereby apportioned from the upper Colorado river system in <br />perpetuity to the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, <br />respectively, the consumptive use of water as follows: <br />(1) To the state of Arizona the consumptive use of 50,000 acre -feet of water per <br />annum. <br />(2) To the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, respectively, the <br />consumptive use per annum of the quantities resulting from the application of the <br />following percentages to the total quantity of consumptive use per annum appropriated in <br />perpetuity to and available for use each year by upper basin under the Colorado river <br />compact and remaining after the deduction of the use, not to exceed 50,000 acre -feet per <br />annum, made in the state of Arizona. <br />