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<br />Arluma's 1980 Groundwater Management Act Violate the Commerce Clause!,"
<br />Arilo"" Law Re.iew 24 (1982), p, 202,
<br />18, Sporhase, el ai, ., Nel7raska, appeal from Supreme Court of Nebraska
<br />no, 81-613, argued 30 March 1982, decided Z JulV 198Z, Syllabus, p, Z,
<br />19, The United States D\suict Court for the Dlstrict of New Mexico,
<br />Memorandum Opinion, The City of El Paso ., S, E, Reynolds, Civ, No, 80-
<br />730 HB, 17 January 1983,
<br />20, John A, Dracup, "Impact on the Colorado River Basin and South.
<br />west Water Supply," in National Research Council, Climate Change and Water
<br />lmpacl (1977), p, 130,
<br />2 J, Robert Powers, William Gillespie, and Stephen Lekson, The alle/iet
<br />Survey, A Regional View of Senlemem in the San Juan Basin, Report no. 3
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<br />The Colorado River has been and for awhile is desrined To be a river
<br />of conflict. It is the dominant river system in the southwestern comer
<br />of the nation, The area it drains (242,000 square miles in the United
<br />States) is approximately one.twelfth of the continental United States,
<br />It begins its 1,400 mile run to the sea from two primary sources-the
<br />Green River, which originates in the Laramie range in southeastern
<br />Wyoming, and the Colorado River, which originates in the Rocky
<br />Mountains of Colorado. The two join in southeastern Utah, a short
<br />distance above Lake Powell, It is a mighty natural and an economic
<br />force, but there is not enough water to meet all of the competing
<br />demands, As the river approaches full development, the confiic(S will
<br />intensify, The purpose of this paper is to examine the operation of
<br />the river in the event of prolonged drought,
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<br />problems we will face in the event of shortage are the Colorado River
<br />Compact negotiated in 1922, which divided the Colorado River be.
<br />tween the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin states; a 1944 treaty
<br />between the United States and Mexico; the Upper Colorado River
<br />Basin Compact negotiated in October 1948; the apportionment made
<br />by Congress in the enactment and implementation of the Boulder
<br />Canyon Project Act of 1928, as declared by the United States Supreme
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