BOARD02551

• Board Meeting Date: 8/11/1965
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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r-m. STAPLETON:

GOVERNOR JOHNSON:

I'm. TIPTON:

"Any further questions? Senator Johnson."

"I'm very happy to have this explanation
on that point. ~tr. Tipton, in his original
statement, and I'm sure it must have been a
slip of the tongue, would lead one to be-
lieve that he didn't hold to the position
that he h3s explained.

My interpretation of that million acre-
feet is that it is a born~keeping job. That
it's a credit to the Lower Basin to be used
in determining the surplus of water in rela-
tionship to the delivery to the Mexican
states. It doesn't represent water at all.
It represents a bookkeeping item and gives
the Lower Basin just a little advantage in
determining what is surplus water in speak-
ing about the Mexican deliveries. But I am
very pleased with fotr. Tipton's explanation
and I hope that he will look at his original
statement and if he thinks it needs clari-
fication I hope that he will be able to make
that correction if it is necessary."

"Thank you, Ed. If you recall the pro-
visions of the compact, Article III (a)
apportions to each of the Basins 7~ million
acre-feet of beneficial consumptive use -
and here is the stinger as far as Arizona
is concerned - which will include all then
existing uses.

Article III (b) - permit the Lower Basin
to increase its beneficial consumptive uses
by an additional one million acre-feet.

ArticleIII(c) - if a treaty or inter-
national comity for preserving the internation-
al peace or any other reason, be negotiated
with Mexico allocating a certain amount of
water to l~xico, that shall first be taken
out of surplus over and above III (a) and
III(b). That's over and above 16 million
acre-feet. If that's not sufficient, each
Basin shall make up half the deficiency.