Laserfiche WebLink
<br />36. Yuma Mesa Irrig. & Drainage Dlst. v. Udall, 253 F. Supp. 548 (D.D.C. <br /> <br />1906): Yuma County Water Users Assn'n v. Udall, 231 F. Supp. 548 <br /> <br />(D.D.C. 1964) (sustaining Secretary's power to curtail impoundment of <br /> <br />water in Glen Canyon Dam in order to provide water sufficient to satisfy <br /> <br />power generation contract obligations of Hoover Dam downstream). See <br /> <br /> <br />also Arizona v. California, 373 U.S. 546, 590 (1903) (affirming the <br /> <br /> <br />extensive powers of the Secretary in managing the river). The Secretary <br /> <br /> <br />was expressly empowered to adopt criteria for operation of the federal <br /> <br />dams on the Colorado in the Colorado River Basin Act of 1968, 43 U.S.C. <br /> <br />Sec. 1552. <br /> <br />37. 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1501. <br /> <br />38. See Meyers, ~ cir., p. 21. <br /> <br />39. See Edward W. Clyde, "Conflicts Between the Upper and Lower Basins on <br /> <br />the Colorado River," Resources Development: Frontiers for Research <br /> <br />(Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado Press, 1960), pp. 113, <br /> <br />119-23. The Upper and Lower Basins have agreed on principles to guide <br /> <br />the exercise of that discretion which were essentially adopted by the <br /> <br />Secretary as a statement of priorities for releases from Glen Canyon Dam <br /> <br />in the Colorado River Basin Project Act, 43, U.S.C. Sec. 1501. <br /> <br />40. Seven-Party Water Agreement, August IB, 1931, Art. I Sees. 1-4, in <br /> <br />Wilbur & Ely, ~ cit., p. A4BO. <br /> <br />41. HWD is entitled to 35r. of the basic energy produced from Hoover Dam. In <br /> <br />- 38 - <br />