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Show "Mr. TIPTON. ... i shall now go to the question of the California Junior Priorities. Prior to the ratification of the Colorado River compact by the various States other than California, California was required to limit by statute her use of waters allocated under section III(a) of the Colorado River compact to 4,400,000 acre-feet per year, and to not over one-half of the surplus of water not apportioned by sections Ill(a), Ill(b), and IIl(c) of the compact .... "California then set up a system of priorities covering the use of the 4,400,000 acre-feet of article Ill(a) water, and of 962,000 acre-feet of surplus water.1/ "So the total surplus covered by priorities set up by California is 962,000 acre-feet. California is using none of that water at the present time. "The total of the proprieties [sic] set up by California therefore is 5,362,000 acre-feet which includes 4,400,000 acre-feet of Ill(a) water and 962,000 acre-feet of surplus water, and at present it is estimated that California is using, out of that total, 2,735,000 acre-feet. "Senator LUCAS. When you speak of junior priorities, does that deal with surplus water? "Mr. TIPTON. Yes, sir. Those are priorities which must be supplied out of surplus. I am now beginning to develop that phase of it, ^/ Tr Treaty Hearings, pt. 4, at 1171-72. (Footnote ours.) Id. at 1185. III-136 |
