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Show -40- "3. The right of the Colorado River States, as of all of the so-called "appropriation" states of the arid west, as enunciated in their water laws and recognized in the Federal Reclamation Act and the Federal Water Power Act, to control the appropriation, use and distribution of the waters within their respective borders, should not be impaired nor modified except with the consent and approval of such States. "4. In whatever agreement may be reached respecting a division of the waters of the Colorado river, or of that portion of such waters available to the States of the Lower Basin, Arizona should be assured such amount as may be necessary to reclaim her arid lands which may be ascertained and determined, by competent investigation, to be susceptible of practical reclamation from the Colorado river. "5. The States of the Lower Basin should have the right respectively, to consume for beneficial purposes, such of the water in the tributary streams flowing in their several States as can be put to use prior to the water entering the main channel of the Colorado river. "6. The fall of Colorado river within Arizona's boundaries, susceptible of utilization for the creation of vast stores of hydroelectric power, is a natural resource, and the right of Arizona to derive an equitable revenue from this resource should be recognized." Basic Points to Regulate Negotiations Anticipating discussions with representatives of the Colorado River Basin States, looking to an amicable understanding with respect to Colorado river problems, seven basic points for the regulation of such negotiations were agreed upon: "1. That Arizona will accept the Colorado River Compact, as agreed upon at Santa Fe, New Mexico, if and when the same is amended or supplemented to make definite and certain the provisions essential to the protection of Arizona's rights and requirements. "2. That it is imperative that before regulation of the Colorado river is undertaken, Mexico be notified that this country reserves for use in the United States water made available by storage within the United States, and if possible an agreement should be had with that country. "3. That any compact dividing the waters of the Colorado river and its tributaries shall not impair the rights of the States, under their respective water laws, to control the appropriation of water within their boundaries which is allocated to them. "4. That the waters of tributary streams of the Colorado river below Lee's Ferry be reserved to the States in which they are located. "5. That the waters of the main Colorado river over and above the allocation of 7,500,000 acre feet to the Upper Basin States and any unused portion of the water allocated to the Upper |
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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. |