AZ vs. CA:11 California Exhibits, Vol. XI; Nos. 1001-1011; 1101-1109; 1201-1251; 1301-13431301-1343

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-17- 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. Article EL The right given to the Lower Basin by Paragraph B, Article III, of the Colorado River Compact, to increase its beneficial consumptive use of waters of the Colorado River System by one million acre-feet per annum, shall attach, relate and belong exclusively to the State of Arizona; provided, that said right shall attach solely to and shall be held to completely exhaust the right to the use of waters of the Colorado River System entering the Colorado River within the State of Arizona below Lee Ferry. Article III. Any waters which it may hereafter become necessary, under the provisions of Paragraph C, Article III, of the Colorado River Compact, to deliver to the United States of Mexico, shall be supplied, first, out of the surplus waters of the main Colorado River