Title |
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, defendants : the United States of America and State of Nevada, interveners : State of Utah and State of New Mexico, impleaded defendants : report / Simon H. Rifkind, special master |
Creator |
United States. Supreme Court |
Subject |
Water rights; Water consumption; Rivers |
OCR Text |
Show The record of this action is another chapter in the long history of controversy relating to the Colorado River. Suit was initiated by Arizona on August 13, 1952, by filing a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint against the State of California and seven public agencies of the State.1 On January 19, 1953, the motion, unopposed, was granted. |
Publisher |
[Washington, D.C. : U.S. Supreme Court, 1960] |
Contributors |
Rifkind, Simon H. |
Date |
1960-12-05 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Digitization Specifications |
Image files generated by Photoshop CS from PDF files |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Digital Image Copyright 2004, University of Utah. All Rights Reserved. |
Holding Institution |
UNLV Libraries, Special Collection, 4505 Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 |
Source Physical Dimensions |
ix, 433 p. ; 27 cm |
Call Number |
KFA2847.5.C6 A337 1960 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s61835d5 |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1120114 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5 |
Title |
page 165 |
OCR Text |
Show 165 of this Act, that the aggregate annual consumptive use (diversions less returns to the river) of water of and from the Colorado River for use in the State of California, including all uses under contracts made under the provisions of this Act and all water necessary for the supply of any rights which may now exist, shall not exceed four million four hundred thousand 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, such uses always to be subject to the terms of said compact." The reason that Congress imposed this limitation on California's consumptive use of mainstream water in the event that all seven states did not agree to the Colorado River Compact within six months of the date of enactment of the Project Act is apparent from the statutory language itself. It was for the benefit of the other six states. Absent seven-state ratification of the Compact, the Upper Basin required protection against appropriations in the Lower Basin in excess of the Compact apportionment. The Upper Basin feared that Arizona might not ratify, in which event California, unless limited, would be able to appropriate from the mainstream substantially all of the Lower Basin apportionment, leaving Arizona free to make further appropriations from the mainstream outside the Compact ceilings. The limitation on California left a sufficient margin for exploitation by Arizona so as to secure the Upper Basin against undue encroachment by the non-ratifying state. Similarly, Arizona and Nevada were concerned that California's rapid development would enable that state to appropriate most of the mainstream water available in the Lower Basin. The California limitation afforded these states protection against this eventuality. Unless California |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
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 |
Resource Identifier |
177-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 165.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119917 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119917 |