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Show 29 By contract dated February 9, 1944, and effective February 24, 1944, the United States agreed to deliver certain quantities of water from storage in Lake Mead for use in Arizona, subject to the availability thereof for use in Arizona under the Compact and Project Act.3 Utah and New Mexico have no contracts with the United States for the delivery of Lake Mead water and, indeed, such water cannot be feasibly utilized in either of those states. The prospect of a treaty between the United States and Mexico with respect to Colorado River water, which was envisioned in the Colorado River Compact, became a reality on February 3, 1944, when such a treaty was executed.* By its terms, the treaty became effective on November 8, 1945, after the Senate ratified it with eleven reservations. It guarantees delivery to Mexico "from any and all sources" of one and one-half million acre-feet of water per annum in the limitrophe section of the Colorado River at the United States-Mexican boundary. Under certain circumstances, these deliveries may be increased or diminished.6 In 1948 the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact among Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming was signed by representatives of those states, and after ratification by the respective legislatures, was approved by Congress in 1949.6 This compact provided for the division of the waters of the Colorado River System in the Upper Basin among the Upper Basin States. No such compact has ever been made apportioning water of the Lower Basin. 'Special Master's Ex. No. 4, The Hoover Dam Documents, appendix 1016, Ariz. Ex. 32. The text of this contract appears in Appendix 5. 459 Stat. 1219 (1945), Ariz. Ex. 4. •Ariz. Ex. 4, art. 10. 'Special Master's Ex. No. 4, The Hoover Dam Documents, appendix 231, Ariz. Ex. 2. |
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Original Report: State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial 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 |