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Show water of and from the Colorado River in the State of California, to not exceeding 4,400,000 acre-feet of the waters apportioned to the lower basin states by paragraph (a) of Article III of the Colorado River Compact, plus not more than one-half of any excess or surplus waters unapportioned by said Compact (Bill p. 55). (P. 8.) As set out in the Bill, page 63, defendant Harold L. Ickes has contracted with California users for delivery of 5,362,000 acre-feet of water per annum from the main stream of the Colorado River for use in the State of California and as stated in the Bill, page 65, defendant Harold L. Ickes and California defendants now assert that all waters heretofore or hereafter contracted to be delivered for use in the State of California in excess of 4,400,000 acre-feet, relate to and comprise, 1. the 1,000,000 acre-feet of water permitted to the lower basin by Article Ill(b) of the Colorado River Compact, and 2. one-half of the surplus water unapportioned by the Colorado River Compact. In this way the California defendants and the defendant Harold L. Ickes propose to avoid and violate the limitations imposed upon the State of California for the benefit of the complainant State of Arizona by the Boulder Canyon Project Act and the Act of the Legislature of the State of California, hereinabove referred to. In reality they propose to use in California, from the main stream of the Colorado River, 4,400,000 acre-feet of the water apportioned to the lower basin by Article III(a) of the Colorado River Compact (Bill, p. 17), the entire 1,000,000 acre-feet permitted to the lower basin by Article Ill(b), (Bill, p. 18) and |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |