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Show for release, as determined by the Secretary pursuant to article II(B)(1) of the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in Arizona against California (376 U. S. 340), to satisfy annual consumptive use of two million eight hundred thousand acre-feet in Arizona, four million four hundred thousand acre-feet in California, and three hundred thousand acre-feet in Nevada, respectively, the Secretary shall make such additional water available to users of main stream water in those States at the same costs and on the same terms as would be applicable if main stream water were available for release in the quantities required to supply such consumptive use, taking into account, among other things, (1) the nonreimbursable allocation to the replenishment of the deficiencies occasioned by satisfaction of the Mexican Treaty burden provided for in section 401, and (2) such assistance as may be available from the development fund established by title IV of this Act. (d) Imported water made available for use in the lower basin to supply aggregate annual consumptive uses from the main stream in excess of seven million five hundred thousand acre-feet shall be offered by the Secretary for use in the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada in the proportions provided in article II (B) (2) of said decree. The Secretary shall establish prices therefor which take into account such assistance as may be available from the development fund established by title IV of this Act in excess of the demands upon that fund occasioned by the requirements stated in paragraph (c) of this section. Within each State, opportunity to take such water shall first be offered to persons or entites who are water users as of the effective date of this Act, and in quantities equal to the deficiencies which would result if the total quantity available for consumptive use from the main stream in such State were only the quantity apportioned to that State by article II(B)(1) of said decree. (e) Imported water made available for use in the upper basin of the Colorado River, directly or by exchange, shall be offered by the Secretary for contract by water users in the States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming in the proportions, as among those States, stated in the Upper Colorado River Basin compact, and at prices which take into account such assistance as may be available from the Upper Colorado River Basin fund, in excess of the demands upon that fund occasioned by the requirements of the Colorado River Storage Project Act. (f) Imported water not delivered into the Colorado River system but diverted from the works constructed to import water into that system shall be made available to water users in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws. SEC. 306. The main stream salvage unit shall include programs for water salvage along and adjacent to the main stream of the Colorado River and for ground water recovery. Such programs shall be consistent with maintenance of a reasonable degree of undisturbed habitat for fish and wildlife in the area, as determined by the Secretary. SEC. 307. The Secretary shall construct, operate, and maintain such additional works as shall from time to time be authorized by the Congress as units of the project. SEC. 308. (a) The Secretary shall, in a manner consistent with the other purposes of this Act, (1) investigate, plan, construct, operate, and maintain or otherwise provide for basic public outdoor recreation facilities adjacent to reservoirs, canals, and other similar features of the units, and facilities and measures for the conservation and development of fish and wildlife as the Secretary finds to be appropriate; (2) acquire or otherwise include lands and interests in lands necessary for the aforesaid facilities and necessary for present and future public recreation use of areas adjacent to reservoirs, canals, and similar features included in the authorized units; (3) conserve the scenery, the natural, historic, and archaeologic objects, and the wildlife on said lands; (4) allocate water and reservoir capacity to recreation and fish and wildlife purposes; and (5) provide for the public use and enjoyment of lands, facilities, and water areas included in the authorized units. (b) The Secretary may enter into agreements with Federal agencies or state or local public bodies for the operation, maintenance, and additional development of lands or facilities included in units herein and hereafter authorized, or to dispose of such lands or facilities to Federal agencies or state or local public bodies by lease, transfer, conveyance, or exchange, upon such terms and conditions as will best promote the development and opera- 55 |
