WSP04706

• File Number: 8200.400.30.C
• Description: La Plata River Compact
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 9/1/2001
• Author: Kenneth W. Knox
• Title: The La Plata River Compact: Administration of an Ephemeral River in the Arid Southwest
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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compact compliance against intrastate water administration practices,
it was not an action brought by one state against another, like Kansas v.
Colurado and Wyoming v. Colorado. It is therefore a significant tribute to
the designers of the Compact in 1922 and to the state water officials
charged with enforcement of its provisions to date that the La Plata
River Compact has proven viable, effective, and defendable over time.