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<br />. . <br /> <br />'o) <br /> <br />'.;; <br /> <br />.... <br />CD <br />,.... . <br />N <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />823 State Centennial Building < <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />July, 1976 <br /> <br />SYNOPSIS OF ~~OR DOCUMENTS AND EVENTS <br />RELATING TO THE COLORADO RIVER <br /> <br />1. The Colorado River Compact <br />A. .Principal provisions <br /> <br />Article I.I. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />As used in this compact-- <br /> <br />(a) The term "Colorado River System" means that portion <br />of the Colorado River and its tributaries within the United <br />States of America. <br /> <br />(b) The term "Colorado River Basin" means all of the <br />drainage area of the Colorado River System and all othe: ter- <br />ritory within the United States of America to which the waters <br />of the Colorado River System shall be beneficially applied. <br /> <br />(c) The term "States of the Upper Division" means the <br />States of Colorado, New l1exico, Utah, and Wyoming. <br /> <br />(d) The term "States of the Lower Division" means the <br />States of Arizona, California, and Nevada. <br /> <br />(e) The term "Lee Ferry" means a point in the main <br />stream of the Colorado River one mile below the mouth of the <br />paria River. <br /> <br />(f) The term "Upper Basin" means those parts of the <br />States of Arizona, Colorado, New l1exico, Utah, and Wyoming <br />within and from which waters naturally drain iuto tile Colorado <br />River System above Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States <br />located without the drai.nage area of the Colorado River System <br />which are now or shall hereafter be beneficially served by <br />waters diverted from the System above Lee Ferry. <br /> <br />(g) The term "I.ower Basin" means those parts of the <br />States of Arizona, California, Nevada, New M~xico, and Utah <br />within and from which waters naturally drain into t~~ Colorado <br />River System bel~1 Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States <br />located without the drainage area uf the Colorado River System <br />which are ucw or shall hereafter be beneficially served by <br />waters diverted from the System below Lee Ferry. <br /> <br />( <br />