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Paragraph (b) permits the Lower Basin to inerease its an- nual benefieial eonsumptive use of water 1,000,000 aere-feet, The two paragraphs permit an aggregate annual benefieial eonsump- tiveuse of 8,500,OOO'aere-feet, and no' more, The words "per an- num;'" as usedi\! paragr~ph _(b) ,are not synoiwmous with the word "annually'!' No eumulative inerease is intended by that paragraph, . ARTICLE VIU, Article VIII' is not iIitenq.~d to authorize, eonstitute or result in any apportion,ment of water to the Lower Basin beyond or in addition to that made in paragrapbs (a,) and (b) of.Artiele III. The Imperial Valleyprojeet whieh diverts water below Yuma, Arizona, is said to have diverted the entire low fiow or the river for a period of ~everal days in Oetober during three of the past ten years, Thos~ in eontrol of that projeet feared that additional development in the Upper Basin (before storage faeilities had been provided for the Lower Basin) would materially deerease- the Oetober flo", of the river' at Yuma, Storage faeilities eon- strueted in the great eanyon of the river will eare for' the, entire . supply neeessar,}' for the Imperial Valley, While the Imperial Valley probably' -has no legitimate elaim whieh it. may enforee against the Upper Basin, it was urged, nevertheless, that: what- ever rights sueh: users may elaim should not be disturbed until time and opport"nity may ail'ord thebtiilding of storage works, The apporti!mment tothe Lower Basin bY' Paragraph :(a) of Artiele III, provides that sueh apportionment "shall inehide all water neeessary ifor the supply of any rights whieh may now eJ>, .ist", Any elain!s of the Imperial Valley therefore would' be sat- isfied out of sue\1apportionment of water, The storage of' water in reservoirs, as ,provided in Article VIII, must be made '~not in conflict with Article III." After storage is provided,: water stored in harmo"y with Artiele III will be available to the 1",- perial Valley project and "present perfected rights" on the'Lower river shall thereafter be. satisfied from the water stored in har: mony with Article III aud their claims, -if any, against the :Upper Basin are therea~ter cut oil' by the substitution of stored wa'ter for direct flow, ; .' Article I prbvldes that" an apportionment of the. use 6f part of the water of ,the Colorado River system is made to the iVpper Basin and also to the tower Basin with provision that further equitable apportionment may be made." . paragraph mof A~ticle III provides that ".further equitable apportionment of the beneficial uses of the waters of the Colo' rado System unapportionedby paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) may be made · · · !if and :when either basin shall have reacbed its [ 34]