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<br />~ dut1 of -the Oolorado River OODmisslon as defined in the various <br />Legislative Acts.. was to make an ,equita.ble dl~ision of' tm waters of' thca <br />! <br />Oolorado River lJet_en the soven states which compose Its basin. XIllring <br />some of' the ear~ meetings of tbe OOlllllission it was proposed to accomplish <br />this purpose by tho allocation ota definite alDJUllt of water to each state. <br /> <br />;j <br />'":~ <br />,~~ <br />...~ <br /> <br />"..;~ <br />;~ <br /> <br /> <br />'"', ',",\ <br />"'~:1 <br /> <br />But Tario1ld ditf'ioulties wero,fol!ld in the way of doing this. Thera was <br />some lack of information. not 811 of the states had oomplete' surveys 80 <br /> <br />that t\ definite ascertainment of tha amount of land lrrigable 1 ) them could <br /> <br />be mown. Fu~thermoro an. e.ttOl'll't to- give each state a definite amount <br />meant that each was to soma extent in confi1ct with the other since the <br /> <br /> <br />amt.mpt of each _s necewaarily to set as muah water as possible. It was <br /> <br /> <br />:finally f'otmd impractleable to work out a division along these lines, <br />and tbe middle g&'Ound Was adopted of dividing the sat a into two groups, <br /> <br />and a.pportioning thewate%' between them. <br />'or this JlIll"PoSe the river \Wl8 in an ideal situation. 'fhe three states <br /> <br />j <br />j <br />,'. ,~. <br />,(1 <br />j <br />,',j <br />..:~ <br />'1 <br /> <br />of Ar1zcna.. California &:ad N&Vada. which oomprise the southern grouP. are <br />wpa..rated frem 'the o~er four states by a. o~ sev&1'8.1 hun~d, miles in <br /> <br />leugthand theil" climatic and agricultural condition 1s entirely distinCt <br /> <br />,."j <br /> <br />from those of their northern. neighbors. FUrthermore, an apportioIl1De!lt of <br />the waters between the two groups was ob'giously much simpler ttw1 a1 aUooati(lJl, <br />.:,n!... <br /> <br />to each. State 811100 it did not give rilPe to a.ny disputes beheaD the states <br /> <br />in tl1e' saue groupi !he needs and ...,.........'Il'.. rosources of the two ~8 <br />oould 'be asoertained With suffioient definiteness 'or practieal plU"poses. <br />Reoords of the low at the rl ~r at variolS ~Oints have been kept tor rna.ny <br />years and demonstrate not only that there is at presout suffioient ..ter to <br /> <br />,",,-" <br /> <br />-1- <br />