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Show necessary the States of the Upper Division shall deliver at Lee Ferry water to supply one-half of the deficiency so recognized in addition to that pro- vided in paragraph (d). (d) The States of the Upper Division will not cause the flow of the river at Lee Ferry to be depleted below an aggregate of 75*000,000 acre- feet for any period of ten consecutive years reckoned in continuing pro- gressive series beginning with the first day of October next succeeding the ratification of this compact« (e) The States of the Upper Division shall not withhold water, and the States of the Lower Division shall not require the delivery of water which can not reasonably be applied to domestic and agricultural uses* (f) Further equitable apportionment of the beneficial uses of the waters of" the Colorado River System unapportioned by paragraphs (a), (b), and (o) may be made in the manner provided in paragraph (g) at any time after October first, 19&3» i? and when either Basin shall have reached its total beneficial consumptive use as set out in paragraphs (a) and (b)» (g) In the event of a desire for a further apportionment, as provided in paragraph (f), any two signatory States, acting through their Governors, may give joint notice of such desire to the Governors of the other signatory States and to the President of the United States of America, and it shall be the duty of the Governors of the signatory States and of the President of the United States of .America forthwith to appoint representatives, whose duty it shall be to divide and apportion equitably between the Upper Basin and Lower Basin the beneficial use of the unapportioned water of the Colorado River System, a.s mentioned in paragraph (f), subject to the legislative ratifi- cation of the signatory States and the Congress of the United States of America. Article IV. (a) Inasmuch as the Colorado River has ceased to be navigable for commerce arid the reservation of its waters for navigation would seriously limit the development of its basin, the use of its waters for purposes of navigation! shall be subservient to the uses of such waters for domestic, agrioultuxal, and power purposes. If the Congress shall not consent to this paragraph, the other provisions of this compact shall nevertheless remain binding. (b) Subject to the provisions of this oompact, -water of the Colorado River Sys-tem may be . impounded and used for the generation of electrical power, bu^t such impounding and use shall be subservient to the use and con- sumption of such water for agricultural and domestic purposes and shall not interfere with or prevent use for such dominant purposes. (c) The provisions of this article shall not apply to or interfere- with the regulation and control by any State within its boundaries of the - appropriation, 'use, and distribution of water. |
