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<br />COOPERATIVE STATE VENTURES <br />(continued) <br /> <br />· Joint ventures can provide: <br />- Further protection of each state's compact and decree <br /> <br />. <br />apportionments. <br />- The Upper Colorado Basin states a way to ensure meeting <br />their individual and collective Compact water delivery <br />obligations without impairment of existing or future <br /> <br />. <br />consumptive uses. <br />- Funding and vehicles for each of the Basin states to implement <br />water conservation proiects, pursue environmental protection <br />opportunities, advance recreational opportunities, develop a <br />firm water supply to meet critical water needs, and pursue <br />other opportunities to enhance the public welfare. <br />- California a way to reduce its cumulative water demand from <br />the Colorado River as it continues to meet Southern <br />California's total water supply needs. <br /> <br />, <br />. The existing "Law of the River" provides the needed flexibility <br />to implement a multitude of ioint programs in which all of the <br />states can benefit. <br /> <br />1\') <br />c', <br />c.:. <br />c; <br />