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Show UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON 25, -. 3. AUG 2 4 1943 Mr. Alfred Merritt Smith, Secretary, Colorado River Commission of Nevada, Carson City,/Nevada. I My dear Mr. Smith Further reference is made to your letter of May 2? Juuuu%, in which you inquire regarding the program under which water is diverted to Boulder City and whether the water from Lake Vead used at Boulder City would be chargeable against Nevada's tentative allotment of 300,000 acre feet. T assume your inquiry has been promoted by reason of pending negotiations with the Bureau of Reclamation for a supplemental contract providing for the delivery of an additional 200,000 acre feet annually of Lake Mead water for use in Nevada. The Bureau has informed me that no application for a permit for the use of water for Boulder City has been made with the State; it being the Bureau's position that the Boulder Canyon Project Act does not require, or contemplate, the filing of such an application. Whether the limited amount of water used at Boulder City is chargeable against Nevada's tentative allotment of 300,000 acre feet, of course, depends upon an interpretation of the Colorado River Compact as supplemented by the Boulder Canyon Project Act. We assume, in the absence of any provision to the contrary, that all wat°r fron the Colorado WLver system used in Nevada would be char-eable to Nevada's allotment and this, necessarily, would include the amount of wnter used at Boulder City in Nevada. The Consnissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation has informed me that you will hear from him in the very near future on the proposed supplemental contract for the delivery of an additional 200,000 acre feet of water from Lake Mead. OC - (V. Dgnver, Colo. DC Los Angeles, Calif. £onstr. Engr., Yurna- Ariz. Dir. of Power, Boulder City, Nev. ,(CEF 9/23/43) Sincerely yours, (SGD.) A3E FOUTAS Under Secretary. |
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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] : |