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<br />l,'\\cr basin ~talt:~ Tn.: 1,'W<:T b,l,>1n ,>t,,!l'~
<br />an: (',)mpns.::d ol\n.::,mi.l, LJhlomla. and
<br />\':\'Jda. and thl)'>C pan'> "I \.:\\ \k:"110
<br />and t't41h 1:H:1Il\\ LCI' Far:-: .-\n,:,'n,1 Tn.:
<br />upper b..bm ,>tJtl'~ mduJc Colorad,l. \.:\\
<br />\k-':lnJ. l:I.ln. Jnd W}"llmmg Jnd that rJrt
<br />ot .-\n::l'n.l aho\',: Lx..: hrr}
<br />rhl'> l.:l'mp,ld al!.x:;\!cS '7') mtllwll
<br />.ltfl:>ke:l ,Ij \\Jll'l 1"1 (,msumpll\l' Ujl.'
<br />.l\'crag...:d .)wr .t running ll1+ycar pen,)d
<br />for th,' u.)\\"l'r (..,ItH.1JO R1WT Bastn Thl'
<br />rt'"m~lmdo:r IS 1,,1 U,..; by th..: UPI1\:1 h;l,;tn
<br />st41tcs Lake P"wel! located Immedlald:-
<br />upslre.llll III L,',: !'<:Try. b mana~l'd t"
<br />dehn:r Sl'mt' i '5 mai Jnnu.llly tll the:
<br />II)wer b,blTl ,>tall'S, plus 7')\\OO\l ;ltrc.lcet
<br />I,lr \lnicm tro!y .lhh.c..llllms
<br />
<br />Arkansas River Compact of 1948
<br />Thl;,n'mp;.ld Jpp,'f!llm.'; Ihl' watns ,ll thl'
<br />Arlwn~b RtWT hct\\'l'Cll c,,].IT;ld,l \N' p.:r-
<br />""ntl ,IllJ Klt\.<;;.b l-hl p,-,ru'llt) h.N'd ,Ill Ih,'
<br />mfl,)\\" Illlohn \IJrtln RI''il~r'\'l)11 dllnn~ Ihe
<br />wtntn ""llTJge '..:.1-'il>n tr\>l..t'mhcr I t,l \l.m:h
<br />~!) ThIS \\atcr m Sh'r.l.~t' l,m I...... n:ka......d ,II
<br />Ihe dllTL.mJ of cltha ,>IJtt' ,Ihl'r ,\['ril I
<br />l:.,I,'rJd" .md t\..Uhb h.1\'C ,l!l,'n .....:.:n
<br />III hU~atL,'n hdl'!'l' th,' t'..;. :,uph'mc
<br />Ct'urt ,l\'cr .-\rk.msb RI\t'1 \\,lll'r ~lIk,. lh.:
<br />.:arly 1\\('nllt'lh ,xnlut"\ In ll.)ll"i, the L ~
<br />:,upTl.'nw Cllurt klund lh.lt CllluLldll h;IJ
<br />Jrplcll'J thl' flpw .'1 thr ..\rlwn~,l~ RI\lT ,Il
<br />lh... sl;lle lmc III \'ll'bll\ln ll] lhl' l,'mp;'l,-.t
<br />Im~Ulon wo:ll5 llblJlkd ,Itter ':Xl'rUlIllll
<br />III the lomp;lll ".tuxd the",-, Jl'pkll"rl..~
<br />Thl' stall'S Jre Tlll\\ IJtl~~llln~ tht' nillur.:
<br />Jnd l'-.:tl'n! III th.: 1n]UT}' ill ",ITls.J~, ,mJ
<br />Cl)l,'r.llh~ mt'lh,'J "I r,:p,lym.:m, hd,lT<'
<br />J L S Supro:n1l' (l'Un :'p~'l'IJl \1il.~ler In
<br />rcspt'rl.."': tLl .m NJrr \'1 thc ";pcl1al \l.istt':t.
<br />thl Ct1lorJd.l "t,U", Fn.~lllt't"!' h;l~ d.:wklpcd
<br />well aJmllltStr.llIl1n mk~ 10 bnng C(ll.'r:llJo
<br />mil' l\'mpltann' wnh th... (,'mpJd \xt'" l,
<br />btJ-IOltl) ),-o4-Jl)t> C R" In ll\1),lhl'
<br />Cllklr-adl' L.:m'r.ll .-\".....mbl\" athrm.:d thl'
<br />St.lll' EnglTll't'r~ aUlhllnt\ I,' ,ld.'pI ,mJ
<br />.:nll)I\.'e th... Ark,m:...ls B.hll1 TlIk~
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<br />Interstate and Federal Law
<br />
<br />Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948
<br />This compact distributes the consumpti\'e use of Colorado RIver v.'3ter
<br />among the upper basm states, SuhJt:ct to interpretation of the comp.1cts and
<br />mher laws, <l't well as the amount of water available in Ihe t1\'er, Colorados (on*
<br />sumpu\'e use right5 for Colorado Ri\'er water can \'af)",
<br />The follO\\1ng calculauon IS a way of viewmg how the IO-year running aver-
<br />age 75 million acre-feet deh\'eT)' reqUIrement to the lower basin mIght IrJ.nslatc
<br />mlo water avaIlable for consumptive use by the upper basin states in an average
<br />waleryear:
<br />
<br />Acre-reel per y~ar
<br />
<br />Provi~ions
<br />
<br />[ [b'~1 Total average annual water producnon in the Upper
<br />. Coklrado River Baslll
<br />
<br />I \, ~ lilt Or the amount to be dehyered to the Lower BasIO under the
<br />, /litiS
<br />current IO-)'car runnmg a\'erage
<br />
<br />I \Iinlls. MexlC1ln Treaty obligaul.ms (a disputed pomt)
<br />
<br />~\l. For pomon of An:zcona al)(1\'e upperl1ll\Wr basin dl\'ldmg
<br />,11111,\ ,
<br />pamt (abo\'e Lee FerT)')
<br />
<br />,
<br />." 6.~OO.OOO Total Annual A\l'rage Available: to Upper na..in
<br />
<br />. t.ong'ltrm al..,ragt IR~2003 Uf'pt"r Colo~ RlVl:r Comm'n 551h Annual Rpt (20tH),
<br />"'Ithm the Upper Ba!.in. the Colorado River IS allocated accordmg 10 the
<br />follov.lng percentages:
<br />
<br />Colorado *' 51,75%, Utah _ n'\., Wyoming.. 14%. New ~1exico., II 25%
<br />
<br />For water planmng purptlSt:S, tho: Colorado Waler ConservJtlon Board
<br />assumeS that there IS up to 400,CIOO JJdlUona1 acre-feet of Colorado RIver \I.-aler
<br />rem:umng for consumpll\'e 1.lSe that Colorado can develop under the 1922 and
<br />1948 Colorado River compacts
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<br />CO'" ZI!:"'.S GU'OE ~c CC,-C'l",cc W",~E'l L"'....
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