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Show Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, 1948 The State of Arizona, the State of Colorado, the State of New Mex- ico, the State of Utah and the State of Wyoming, acting through their Commissioners, Charles A. Carson for the State of Arizona, Clifford H. Stone for the State of Colorado, Fred E. Wilson for the State of New Mexico, Edward H. Watson for the State of Utah, and L. C. Bishop for the State of Wyoming, after negotiations participated in by Harry W. Bashore, appointed by the President as the representative of the United States of America, have agreed, subject to the provisions of the Colorado River Compact, to determine the rights and obligations of each signatory State respect- ing the uses and deliveries of the water of the Upper Basin of the Colorado River, as follows: ARTICLE I (a) The major purposes of this Compact are to provide for the equitable division and apportionment of the use of the waters of the Colorado River System, the use of which was apportioned in perpetuity to the Upper Basin by the Colorado River Compact; to establish the obligations of each State of the Upper Division with respect to the deliveries of water required to be made at Lee Ferry by the Colorado River Compact; to promote interstate comity; to remove causes of present and future controversies; to secure the expeditious agricultural and industrial development of the Upper Basin, the storage of water and to protect life and property from floods. (b) It is recognized that the Colorado River Compact is in full force and effect and all of the provisions hereof are subject thereto. ARTICLE II As used in this Compact: (a) The term "Colorado River System" means that portion of the Colorado River and its tributaries within the United States of America. (b) The term "Colorado River Basin" means all of the drainage area of the Colorado River System and all other territory within the United States of America to which the waters of the Colorado River System shall be beneficially applied. (c) The term "States of the Upper Division" means the States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. (d) The term "States of the Lower Division" means the States of Arizona, California and Nevada. 339 |
