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<br />" <br />,i' <br />, <br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMPAC!I' <br />October II, 1948 .. <br /> <br />;' <br /> <br />Signatory States: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah an&Wyoming <br /> <br />Colorado Commissioner: Appointed by the Governor <br /> <br />Mlijor Purposes: <br /> <br />1. Provide for the equitable division of the waters of the Upper Basini!lJiocated by the terms of the <br />Colorado River Compact (Art. I) :,: <br /> <br />2. Establish the obligations of each state of the Upper Basin with resp~t to required deliveries at <br />Lee Ferry, as set forth in the Colorado River Compact (Art. I) <br /> <br />3. Promote interstate comity (Art. I) <br /> <br />4. Remove causes of present and future controversies (Art. I) <br /> <br /> <br />5. Secure the expeditious agricultural and industrial development of th~ Upper Basin (Art. I) <br /> <br />Salient Provisions: <br /> <br />I. Apportionment of waters of the Upper Basin as foHows: <br /> <br />Arizona <br /> <br />:~, <br /> <br />50,000 acre-feet/yr. <br /> <br />Of the total beneficial consumptive use allocated to the Upper ~asin less the 50,000 acre- <br />feet per year to Arizona, the apportionment is (Art. III): <br /> <br />Colorado <br />New Mexico <br />Utah <br />Wyoming <br /> <br />51. 75 % <br />11.25% <br />23.00% <br />14.00% <br /> <br />2. The apportionment is based upon the aliocation of man-made deplet!ons, and beneficial use is the <br />basis, the measure, and the limit of the right to use. (Art. Ill)' ' <br /> <br />3. No state shall exceed its apportioned use in any water year when th~ effect of such use is to <br />deprive another signatory state of its apportioned use. (Art. III) . <br />. <br /> <br />12 <br />