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<br />" <br />" I <br />I <br />! <br /> <br />pt<;dy ilnd report on the possiblc divcrsions and use of waters of <br />i <br />khe Colorado Rivcr. The rcport, prcscnting engineering data on <br />, <br />, <br />kater supply, irrigated lands, irrigable lands, water requirements, <br />I ' <br />potential power developments, and need cd flood protection as well <br /> <br />as possible reservoir sites in both the Upper and Lower nasins, ~las <br /> <br />completcd and submitted to Congress in 1922. The Federal laws, <br /> <br />interstate agrecments, and Treaty with Mexico which followed became <br /> <br />kno,m as the "Lm1 of the River." It was ur,gent problems of river <br /> <br />control ~nd utilization ,1hich prompted these actions and even <br /> <br />tliough the Colorado River historically has had a high content of <br />. <br />dissolved minerals under n<:\tural conditions, it was only in tI:c <br /> <br />last decade and in the most recent Acts that water quality became <br /> <br /><:\n important issue. <br />"~,\ihose documents ,'lhich collcctively constitute the "La~l of <br />, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />:.:hc River" and the extent to which ,1ater quality issues and prob- <br />~____.---.. M~_._.___ . - . <br />J.cr.1s' are involved. /'l'here foll0\1s a summary of)'f;he-GG~~J;VEfi. <br />,e ''"--- . .,_'..,___.:.....'.._ _____"__.:,..-- ~~. , . ' .' <br />~ .-.. <br />.eel"!?~CT.....-- the. 4/.",>"t!--ti.. I?/nr a""'p(l.c.f--' <br /> <br />,- <br />During the period '"hen the studies, by,.. the, Secretary of the <br /> <br />Interior were being conducted, negotiations were underway for an <br /> <br />interstate agreement on the waters <br />led to the Colorado River compa~ <br /> <br />of the river - negotiations which <br /> <br />-- <br />While it was recognized that <br /> <br />storage on the Colorado River was essential, thcUpper Basin States <br />l-v"h..- <br />faced the possibility that ~ conserved by storage would be put to <br />II <br />use in the Lower Basin more rapidly than the Upper Basin could <br />utilize its share of the normal flow; thus, some agreement was <br /> <br />essential to reserve water that would later De needed in the <br /> <br />upper basin. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />\ <br />i <br /> <br />= <br />N <br />...1, <br />d <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,. ,:lie, <br /> <br />~-- '""". <br />