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<br />sister authorities in adjacent states who share their river basin. The latter type <br /> <br /> <br />of cooperation is accomplished both by contractual arrangement and by <br /> <br /> <br />interstate compact. For example, the Sabine River Authority in Texas is <br /> <br /> <br />"linked" to the Sabine River Authority in Louisiana by interstate compact. The <br /> <br /> <br />compact apportions the river's, water between the two states and permits the <br /> <br /> <br />two authorities to cooperate in some aspects of basin water management. One <br /> <br /> <br />such cooperative interstate water development project on the Sabine River is <br /> <br /> <br />the multi-purpose Toledo Bend Dam and Reservoir. <br /> <br />Ability to Resolve River Basin Issues <br /> <br />Intrastate river authorities, or other state authorized entities for water <br /> <br /> <br />management, can apparently be linked across state lines by contractual <br /> <br /> <br />arrangements or interstate compact. Under such arrangements, they could <br /> <br /> <br />jointly exercise common powers to manage the water resources of an entire <br /> <br /> <br />river basin. The extent of their combined powers would probably not be greater <br /> <br /> <br />than the individual powers they have in common, but could be used effectively <br /> <br /> <br />in interstate river basin management. Also, their combined financing ability <br /> <br />might permit larger projects than either could finance separately. <br /> <br />A compact joining two or more intrastate water management entities in <br /> <br /> <br />different states also could, as in the Sabine River case, specify other <br /> <br /> <br />agreements such as water allocation, joint planning or project development. It <br /> <br /> <br />is conceivable that an administering commission created under an interstate <br /> <br /> <br />compact could be composed of intrastate water management entities, thereby <br /> <br /> <br />further strengthening their role in basin water management and issue or conflict <br /> <br /> <br />resolution. <br /> <br />-14- <br />