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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />River Water Conservation District v. United States, 424 U.S. <br />800 (1976); United States v. New Mexico, 438 U.S. 696 (1978). <br />According to the terms of the Wallop amendment, federal <br />water quality regulation was never meant, and is not now <br />meant, to impair these State law systems or rights acquired <br />under these State law systems. <br />The Conference Report to the Clean Water Act enunciates <br />clearly the federal policy to respect State water rights systems <br />and the rights to quantities of water obta'.ned under such <br />systems: <br /> <br />The conference substitute amends section <br />101 of the Act to add a new subsection <br />declaring it the policy of Congress that <br />the authority of each State to allocate <br />quantities of water within its juris- <br />diction should not be superseded, abro- <br />gated or otherwise impaired by the Act. <br />It is further the policy of Congress <br />that nothing in this Act. should be con- <br />strued to supersede or abrogate rights <br />to quantities of water that have been <br />established by any State. Federal <br />agencies are to cooperate with State <br />and local agencies to develop solutions <br />to prevent, reduce and ~liminate pollution <br />in concert with programs for managing water <br />resources. In addition, the Administrator <br />is required to submit a report before July <br />1, 1978, analyzing the relationship between <br />programs under this Act and State and <br />Federal programs for allocation of water. <br />This report is to include necssary <br />recommendations. <br /> <br />This provision is intended to clarify <br />existing law to assure its effective imple- <br />mentaion. It is not intended to change <br />existing law. <br /> <br />conference Committee, Report No. 95-830, <br />Leg. Hist. of 1977 Clean Water Act. <br /> <br />p. 236, VoL 3, <br /> <br />-10- <br /> <br />1378 <br />