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<br /> <br />required to supply at Lee Ferry a quantity of water equal to its, or <br /> <br />the aggregate of their, overdraft or the proportionate part of such <br /> <br />overdraft, as may be necessary to assure compliance with Article III <br /> <br />of the Colorado River Compact, before demand is made on any other <br /> <br />State of the Upper Division; <br /> <br />(c) Except as provided in subparagraph (b) of this Article, the <br /> <br />extent of curtailment by each State of the Upper Division of the con- <br /> <br />sumptive use of water apportioned to it by Article III of this Compact <br /> <br />shall be such as to result in the delivery at Lee Ferry of a quantity of <br /> <br />water which bears the same relation to the total required curtailment <br /> <br />of use by the States of the Upper Division as ,the consumptive use of <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River System water which was made by each such <br /> <br />State during the water year immediately preceding the year in which <br /> <br />the curtailment becomes necessary bears to the total consumptive use <br /> <br />of such water in the States of the Upper Division during the same water <br /> <br />year; provided, that in determining such relation the uses of water under <br /> <br />rights perfected prior'to November 24, 1922, shall be excluded. <br /> <br />AR TICLE V <br /> <br />(a) Al110sses of water occurring from or as the result of the <br /> <br />storage of water in reservoirs constructed prior to the signing of this <br /> <br />Compact shall be charged to the State in vyhich such reservoir or reser- <br /> <br />voirs are located. Water stored in reservoirs covered by this para- <br /> <br />graph (a) shall be for the exclusive use of and shall be charged to the <br /> <br />State in which the reservoir or reservoirs are located. <br /> <br />-7- <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br />,~ <br />