WSP00417

• File Number: 8200.300.40.A
• Description: Colorado River Compact
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 11/23/1922
• Author: Co. R Compact Comm.
• Title: Minutes of Colorado Compact Commission - Meeting #24
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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of "d" the last clause "nor below a flow of 4,000,000 acre feet for anyone

of such years,lI

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MR. NORVIEL:
MR. HOOVER:

I guess I was the only objector, so I will iiithdrm'"
That comes out. In clause "c", in view of the definitions

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liThe states of the upper division shall not withhold, and the states of the

lower division shall not requiro, the delivery of water yrhich cannot be

reasonably- applied, II

1m. CARPEHTER: Couldn I t the word "be", reasonably be applied?

MR. NORVIEL: "Be" should go next to apply.

MR. HOOVER: "Reasonably be applied," I thought Ire would clean up

matters which we had under discussion.

MH. NOHVIEL: Will you read "c"?

11ll. HOOVER: The states of the upper division shall not withhold, and

the states of the lower division shall not require, the delivery of water

which cannot reasonably be applied to the dominant uses specified in

paragraph "b" of Article IV."

11ll. SCRUGHAM: Wouldn't it bo better to put first agricultural, then

domestic?

HR. NORVIEL: Domestic, agricultural is the way it reads,

IdR. HOOVER: It doesn I t matter to me, you can have it that way,

MR. NORVIEL: I think that is better. Is it use or uses?

Jill. HOOVER: Uses I guess,
The next that was worrying us yesterday, in reforence to paragraph IV,
the first paragraph, and in view of the defL~ition we can now cut out the
viOrds "municipal and industrial uses."
11ll. CARPENTER: And make "domestic, agricultural".
MR. EMERSON: "Domestic, agricultural and power,

1m. HOOVER: Well, the clause "Provided the congress assents" was not

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