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Show 312 ceed her apportionment by 80,000 acre-feet of consumptive use. Arizona and Nevada would have to contribute water to supply this 80,000 acre-feet in proportion to their inter- 2 8 state ratios; that is, Arizona would contribute-TT~~°£ the water necessary to supply the 80,000 acre-feet of con- 3 sumption in California, and Nevada would contribute ~\ of this water. Of course, if two states' apportionments were not sufficient to satisfy present perfected rights in those states in one year, the third state would have to contribute all of the necessary water. In the extremely improbable event that releases do not satisfy the rights perfected in any of the states as of the,_effective,.date of..the Act, deliveries must be made in accordance with the priority of "present perfected rights" regardless of state lines. The water apportioned to each state is delivered to users within the state according to the provisions of the several delivery contracts. No user may consume mainstream water unless there is a contract with the Secretary providing for the delivery of such water.8" Under the Project Act, state law governs rights and priorities among users within a single state, except for federal establishments for which water has been reserved independent of state law. As to such establishments, the priorities recommended herein control. Water consumed on Indian Reservations, National Forests., Parks, Monuments, Mem^orials,JRecreation Areas, lands under the control of the Bureau of Land Management, Federal RecjamadonJProjects,, Wildlife Refuges and Management Areas, and in Boulder City, Nevada, is 8aOf course the Secretary need not contract with himself, and hence no contracts are required for Indian Reservations and similar federal establishments. |
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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 |