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<br />.. <br /> <br />I <br />i <br />I <br /> <br />state. to a California agency, since it either is ~ater that a <br /> <br />California agency has a right to use, or the right belongs to <br /> <br />users in another state. <br /> <br />When the Central Arizona Project was authorized in <br /> <br />1968. it was recognized by Congress that the water supply.for <br /> <br />the project would in large part come from unused Upper Basin <br /> <br />water. and that in time the Central Arizona Project would <br /> <br />experience shortages. California (in particular. MetropDlitan) <br /> <br />has used the unused water of the other six states for many years <br /> <br />to obtain water beyond its basic apportiDnment. In the future. <br /> <br />when California is limited to its basic apportionment of 4.4 maf <br /> <br />per year. it will be Arizona and Nevada that will be relying <br /> <br />upon unused Upper Basin water for their basic apportionments. <br /> <br />There will also be conflicts with the Upper Basin over <br /> <br />the Agreement. since all of the Upper Basin states have plans to <br /> <br />use the water apportioned to them prior to the 40-year periDd of <br /> <br />the Agreement. New Mexico is already close to using all of the <br /> <br />apportioned water available to it. <br /> <br />Essentially. the facilities to be constructed on the <br /> <br />White and Yampa Rivers under the Agreement will not add any <br /> <br />additional water to the regulated supply of the Colorado River. <br /> <br />The water involved. with or without the Agreement. will XIDW <br /> <br />into Lake Powell. be regulated t~" 1:e and released as determined <br /> <br />by the Secretary of Interior into Lake Mead. In any year that <br /> <br />the 300.000 to 500,000 acre-feet of water described in the <br /> <br />Agreement is considered by the Secretary of Interior to be <br /> <br />16. <br />