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<br />COLORADO RNER COMPACT
<br />November 24, 1922
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<br />Signatory States:
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<br />Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada. New Mexico, Utab and Wyoming
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<br />Major Purposes:
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<br />1. Equitable division of the ~aters of the Colorado River (Art. 1)
<br />2. Establish relative importance of different uses (Art. il)
<br />3. Promote interstate comity (Art. I)
<br />4. Remove causes of preseot and future controversies (Art. I)
<br />5. Secure expeditious agricultural and industrial development of the basin (Art. 1)
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<br />Salient Provisions:
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<br />1. Divides Colorado River Basin into the Lower Basin (California, Arizona, Nevada) and the
<br />Upper Basin (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming) at Lee Feny, Arizona. (Art I and
<br />II)
<br />2 Allocates 7,500,000 AF of consumptive use to each basin per annum. (Art. III)
<br />3. Allows Lower Basin to increase its consumptive use by l,(X)(),OOO AF per year. (Art. Ill)
<br />4. Provides for Mexican allocation, first from surplus waters above the 15,000,000 AF per
<br />year, and secondly splits Obligation equally between the basins. (Art. 1II)
<br />5. Provides that Upper Basin shall deliver 75,000,000 AF in each consecutive to-year period
<br />to the Lower Basin. (Art. III)
<br />6. Subordinates navigation use to domestic., agriculture, and power purposes. (Art. IV)
<br />7. Subordinates power use to domestic and agricultural purposes. (AIL IV)
<br />8. Termination of Compact by unanimous agreement of all signatory states. (Art. X)
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