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Show -23- [70 Cong. Rec. 171 (December 6, 1928)] Mr. Hayden. • • • • The governors of the four upper-basin States, having carefully considered the proposals made by the three States of the lower basin, made the following finding [at the 1927 Conference of Governors at Denver]: The governors of the States of the upper division of the Colorado River system suggest the following as a fair apportionment of water between the States of the lower division, subject and subordinate to the provisions of the Colorado River compact: 1. Of the average annual delivery of water to be provided by the States of the upper division at Lees Ferry under the terms of the Colorado River compact: (a) To the State of Nevada, 300,000 acre-feet. (b) To the State of Arizona, 3,000,000 acre-feet. (c) To the State of California, 4,200,000 acre-feet. The governors have not explained in any printed document, so far as I know, how they arrived at this compromise. I was told that it was based upon the following facts: They endeavored, by questioning the California representatives at that conference, to ascertain not only what California claimed but the quantity of water to which California had actually perfected rights to use, based upon the normal flow of the Colorado River, unregulated by any reservoir; and they determined that amount. They also endeavored to determine how much water was being actually used in the State of Arizona, or how much water the State of Arizona had acquired a perfected right to use, and from the total quantity ascertained to be the amount that California had a right to use; they subtracted the amount that Arizona now has a similar right to use and found the difference to be 600,000 acre- |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde 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, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |