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Show -28- tioned to the lower basin by paragraph (a) of Article III of the Colorado River compact, there shall be apportioned to the State of Nevada 300,000 acre-feet- That is, the quantity apportioned to Nevada by the governors' conference at Denver- and to the State of Arizona 3,000,000 acre-feet for exclusive beneficial consumptive use in perpetuity- That likewise agrees with the recommendation made by the governors of the upper basin States- and (2) of the 1,000,000 acre-feet in addition which the lower basin has the right to use annually by paragraph (b) of said article, there shall be apportioned to the State of Arizona 500,000 acre-feet for beneficial consumptive use- Again dividing the water equally with California so far as the additional million acre-feet are concerned- and (3) that the State of Arizona may annually use one-half of the excess or surplus waters unapportioned by the Colorado River compact, and (4) that the State of Arizona shall have the exclusive beneficial consumptive use of the Gila River and its tributaries within the boundaries of said State- As I have already explained to the Senate, the Gila River empties into the Colorado River below the Laguna Dam. It empties into it at a point where neither the State of California nor any other State can use any of its surplus waters. Therefore, we felt justified in asking the State of California to exclude from any computation of water the Gila River and its tributaries. . . . [70 Cong. Rec. 314, 320 (December 10, 1928)] Mr. Ashurst The legislation which is proposed in Senate Bill 728 would result in the National Government acquiring, by subterfuge, the absolute control of over 90 per cent of the water of the Colorado River and would enable the Federal Government to lease, sell, or give it away. The bill would |
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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. |