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<br />" , <br /> <br />he Hooker dam and reservoir in New Nexico ora suitable alternative. <br /> <br />CJ' n addition to an aqueduct system, regulating reservoirs, and other <br />f',J <br />00 'ssential project facilit:ies, the project also includes programs for <br />'W <br />ater salvage and groundwater recovery. Tke gQ~~revex~ir] CQ19r~~ <br /> <br /> <br />ma' ha.c b.!.~h 6lii.m-i,na.t~f-~_ t:la.El plAR. As a means of fur- <br /> <br />ishing the necessary project pumping power, authority is given the <br /> <br />ecretary of the Interior to acquire, through a prepurchase arrange- <br /> <br />. rent, the right to a portion of the capacity of a large non-Fedcral <br />iOSSil fuel thermal gencrating plant. This plant has been built at <br />Page, Arizona. <br />I <br />I <br />, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />The Supreme Court in Arizona v; California. 373 U.S. 546, left <br /> <br />the Secretary of the Interior with certain p0\1ers to allocate the <br /> <br />watcrs of the mainstream of the Colorado River in water-short years. <br /> <br />However, the Court recognized that Congress can itself make such an <br /> <br />allocation, Or provide a formula for such an allocation, if it wishes <br /> <br />to do so. This Act provides a statutory ~ormula to cope ~ith'years of <br /> <br />water shortage. When the water supply is insufficient to satisfy the' <br />. , <br /> <br />annual comsumptive use of 7.5 million acre-feet in Arizona, California, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />and Nevada, present perfected rights (as: t~t term is defined in the <br /> <br />. '. <br /> <br />Court's decree), the rights of Federal reservations, and existing <br />contract con~itments which are backed up by works in place must all <br /> <br />be honored before mainstream ~7ater is made available to the-l"~ll""~'i <br /> <br />Central Arizona Project. Protection for. California users is, however, <br /> <br />limited to a maximum of~.4 million acre-feet per year, in accordance <br /> <br />with the California Self-Limitation Act. The;limitation on diversions <br /> <br /> <br />by the Central Arizona Project will be inoperativain any year in <br /> <br />, which the LO,1er Colorado River has sufficient water to supply the <br /> <br />Nexican Water Treaty entitlement plus 7.5 million acre-feet clnnually <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />l. <br />