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<br />. <br /> <br />From the foregoing table it is apparent, with respect to the Up" <br />per Basin, that the combined existing depletions and allowances for pro- <br />jects now authorize.d or under construoi;ion will amount to about 2..620,,000 <br />acre feet annually. which is about one-third (35 peroent) of th", 7.600,'000 <br />aore feet heretofore apportioned to the Upper Basin by Art. ,III (a:)'O'f the <br />Colorado River Compact; !l!ld that other and additional projects withaggre- <br />gate depletions of 4.880.000 aore feet annually may be constructed in :the <br />Up,per Basin without the['eby causing the total depletions to exceed <br />7,500,000 acre feet. However, with respect to the Lower Basin.. the exist- <br />ing depleticns together with the allowances cf the Report for future ex- <br />pansion of existing irrigation will exceed the 8,500,000 acre feet here- <br />tofore apportioned to the Lower Basin by Art. III (a) and (b) of the Colo- <br />rado River Compact,. '. the excess being 262,300 acre-feet annually aocord':' <br />ing to the Report. Until the shares have been determined in those sur- <br />plus waters of the Colorado River 'system unapportioned to the Upper Basin and <br />the Lower Basin,and a Treaty made with Nexico in accordance with Art.III <br />(a), (b) and (c) of the Compact. the combined effect of future increased <br />depletions l"esulting from the construction of potential projects and the <br />expansion of existing projects taking into acoount the eXisting, deple- <br />tions. should not exceed the quantities heretofore apportioned by Art. <br />III (a) and (b) of the Compact. namely, 7.500,000 acre feet in the Upper <br />Basin, !l!ld 8.500.000 acre feet in the'Lower Basin. Colorado objects to <br />the showing of the Report,; that allov.ances or reservations are being made <br /> <br />~.':' <br />i <br />" <br />