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<br />1956 <br /> <br />1964 <br /> <br />1968 <br /> <br />1969 <br /> <br />1970 <br /> <br />1973 <br /> <br />1974 <br /> <br />Colorado River storage project bill <br />approved by Congress authorizing Glen <br />Canyon Dam. completed in 1963. <br /> <br />1992 <br /> <br />The U.S. Supreme Court Decree Arizona <br />v. California holds California to 4.4 million <br />acre-feef. Arizona to 2.8 million acre-feet <br />and Nevada to 300,000 acre.feet annually. <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Project Act approved <br />by Congress. Proposed Grand Canyon 1993 <br />dam eliminated after one of the biggest <br />environmental battles in U.S. history. <br /> <br />Congress passes federal Endangered <br />Species Act and National Environmental <br />Protection Act. <br /> <br />1995 <br /> <br />Interior issues criteria for Coordinated <br />Long-Range Operation of the Colorado <br />River Reservoir System. <br /> <br />1996 <br /> <br />Mexico and the U.S. approve Minute 242 <br />of the 1944 Water Treaty salinity standards <br />for Colorado River water delivered to <br />Mexico. Construction begins on CAP. <br /> <br />Congress approves the Colorado River <br />Basin Salinity Control Act. authorizing a <br />desalination plant near Yuma, Ariz.. and 1997 <br />basinwide salinity control projects. <br /> <br />1979 U.S. Supreme Court appoints special mas- <br />ter to review additional American Indian <br />Colorado River water rights in the Lower <br />Basin. <br /> <br />1998 <br /> <br />1982.83 Master recommends additional American <br />Indian water claims be upheld. U.S. <br />Supreme Court rejects recommendation, <br />refuses to reopen Arizona v. California <br />decree awarding federally reserved water <br />rights to five Lower Basin tribes. <br /> <br />1984 <br /> <br />1985 <br /> <br />1988 <br /> <br />1991 <br /> <br />1999 <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act <br />amended to include on-farm salinity control 2000 <br />measures. <br /> <br />CAP begins operation. <br /> <br />Upper Basin states begin a 15-year fish <br />recovery program to protect four species. <br />MWD agrees to pay for water conserva- <br />tion measures in the Imperial Valley in <br />exchange for water conserved. 2001 <br /> <br />Southern Nevada Water Authority formed <br /> <br />by seven wastewater and water agencies <br />to promote regional water issues. <br /> <br /> <br />Congress approves Grand Canyon Protec. <br />tion Act, requiring releases from Glen <br />Canyon Dam meet environmental, <br />American Indian, cultural and recreational <br />interests. Desalination plant near Yuma <br />begins operation at one.third capacity. <br /> <br />CAP declared complete. Project delivers <br />Colorado River water to Tucson, Phoenix. <br />Arizona farmers and American Indian <br />Tribes. Yuma Desalting Plant suspends <br />operation due to a 500-year flood on the <br />Gila River. <br /> <br />Controversial water transfer between 110 <br />and the San Diego County Water Authority <br />(SDCWA) proposed. <br /> <br />Bureau conducts intentional flooding of the <br />Grand Canyon to restore riparian habitat <br />and improve fish habitats. Interior <br />Secretary Babbitt announces California <br />must implement a plan to relurn to its basic <br />4.4 million acre-feet basic apportionment <br />of the Colorado River. <br /> <br />Bureau publishes proposed rule for <br />offstream storage and recovery of Colorado <br />River water, Le. water banking. <br /> <br />Congressional bills proposed to: fund <br />remaining capital construction costs of the <br />fish recovery programs in the Upper <br />Colorado and San Juan rivers; to fund <br />the construction of the Animas-La Plata <br />project; and "save" the Salton Sea. ItD and <br />SDCWA boards agree to a water transfer. <br /> <br />Interstate banking rule. allowing Lower <br />Basin states to store water in Arizona <br />aquifers. is completed. <br /> <br />States negotiate Interim Surplus Guide- <br />lines. Salton Sea EIRfEIS released. <br />Environmental groups file suit over the <br />Mexican Delta. Upper Basin receives $1 00 <br />million for endangered fish recovery pro- <br />grams. Low flow study conducted on Grand <br />Canyon. ROD signed on Animas-La Plata <br />project. <br /> <br />Interim Surplus Guidelines ROD signed. <br />Arizona and Nevada reach banking <br />agreement. <br /> <br />7 <br />