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Show 349 7,500,000 acre-feet of consumptive use bears to the aggregate apportionment of the two states;1 provided, however, that present perfected rights in California shall not exceed 4,400,000 acre-feet of consumptive use per annum; (6) If the mainstream water apportioned for consumptive use in any year is insufficient to satisfy present perfected rights in each and all of the three states, then such water shall be allocated for consumptive use in accordance with the priority of present perfected rights without regard to state lines; provided, however, that present perfected rights in California shall not exceed 4,400,000 acre-feet of consumptive use per annum; (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraphs (1) through (6) of this subdivision (B), mainstream water shall be delivered to users in Arizona, California and Nevada only if contracts have been made by the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to Section 5 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, for delivery of such water; (8) If, in any one year, water apportioned for consumptive use in a state will not be consumed in that state, whether for the reason that delivery contracts for the full amount of the state's apportionment are not in effect or that users cannot apply all of such water to beneficial uses, or for any other reason, nothing in this decree shall be construed as prohibiting the Secretary of the Interior from releasing such apportioned but unused water during such year for consumptive use in the other JThus if water is to be supplied to California from the other states' apportionment, Arizona shall contribute Z8 and Nevada_J of the total amount supplied. 3.1 3.1 |
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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 |