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<br />001819 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3. What is the obligation of the states of the <br />upper division to contribute water at Lee Ferry for Mexico, <br />in addition to the III(d) requirement of 75,000,000 acre-feet <br />every 10 years? Nevada says that the upper divisionis obligation <br />at Lee Ferry for Mexico is 750,000 acre-feet per year.l/ If the <br />Court so determines, the upper basin states will be left with a <br />total supply of water available during a critical period like <br />1930 to 1956 of 4,835,000 acre-feet for all purposes: beneficial <br /> <br />consumptive use, reservoir losses, and filling the new reservoirs <br /> <br />being built under the Colorado River storage Project Act. <br /> <br />To put this in concrete terms, if Nevada is correct <br /> <br />Colorado will be entitled to deplete the river at Lee Ferry <br /> <br />not 3,880,000 acre-feet per annwn, but less than 2,500,000 <br /> <br />acre-feet per annum.g/ <br /> <br />The United states gives no figures, but indicates <br /> <br />apparent agreement with Nevada:Y <br /> <br />"We think it is patently erroneous to assume <br />that the Upper Basin's obligation, whatever it may <br />be, under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Article <br />III of the Compact, can ever be satisfied solely <br />by the deliveries at Lee Ferry required by para- <br />graph (d) of the same Article." <br /> <br />The Government asserts that additional water for Mexico from <br /> <br />the upper basin states is one reason why the lower basin's water <br /> <br />11 Nevada Finding XXXII. <br /> <br />,S; Under the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Colorado's <br />share is 5l.75% of 7,500,000 acre-feet per annum less 50,000 <br />acre-feet for Arizona. <br /> <br />3/ United states Reply Brief, p. 48. <br /> <br />31. <br />