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Show -13- Lower Division States Agreement. The States of Arizona, California and Nevada, comprising the "States of the Lower Division" as defined in Paragraph D, Article II, of the Colorado River Compact, hereby enter into an agreement dividing and allocating between the said States the water allotted by the terms of said compact to the Lower Basin, to the extent and in the manner provided as follows: Article I. (a) There is hereby allocated to the State of Nevada, out of the apportionment to the Lower Basin, as provided by Paragraph A, Article III, of said Colorado River Compact, all of the water which can reasonably be applied within said State to domestic and agricultural uses. (b) There is hereby allocated, one-half to Arizona and one-half to California, equally, for application to such domestic and agricultural uses as such waters may reasonably be put to within such States, respectively, the remainder of the waters apportioned as aforesaid to the Lower Basin, in accordance with the provisions of said Paragraph A, Article III, of said Colorado River Compact. (c) This Article shall not be construed to affect or diminish the rights of any of said States to appropriate or utilize for the generation of hydro-electric power the waters, or any thereof, allocated to the Lower Basin by Paragraph A, Article III, of the Colorado River Compact, to the extent that the same may be appropriated under the laws of the said States, and not in conflict with the provisions of said Colorado River Compact. |
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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. |