WSP01206

• File Number: 8200.300l49.B
• Description: Upper Colorado River Compact
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 10/11/1948
• Author: UCRB States
• Title: Upper Colorado River Compact
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

AR TICLE :xVIII

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AR TICLE XVI

The failure of any State to use ~he water, or any part thereof,

the use of which is apportioned to it 1der the terms of this Compact,

shall not constitute a relinquishment ~f the right to such use to the
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Lower Basin or to any other State, nor shall it constitute a forfeiture

or abandomnent of the right to such u$e.
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ARTICLE iVll
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The use of any water now or ~ereafter imported into the

natural drainage basin of the Upper qolorado River System shall
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not be charged to any State under the iapportionment of consumptive
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(a) The State of Arizona resrrves its rights and interests
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. under the Colorado River Compact 1s a State of the Lower Division

and as a State of the Lower Basin. . !

(b) The State of New Mexic9 and the State of Utah reserve

their respective rights and interestf under the Colorado River

Compact as States of the Lower BaJin.
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AR TICLEi XIX

to Indian tribe s;

Nothing in this Compact shall be construed as:
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(a) Affecting the Obligation~ of the United States of America
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