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CWAG 2010CWAG 2010
WATER LAW CONFERENCE
The Broadmoor Colorado Springs, Colorado
April 29 – 30, 2010
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Colorado River Compact
Conference of Western Attorneys GeneralConference of Western Attorneys GeneralApril 30, 2010April 30, 2010
Jennifer Gimbel, Director, Colorado Water Conservation BoardJennifer Gimbel, Director, Colorado Water Conservation BoardTerry Fulp, Deputy Regional Manager, Bureau of ReclamationTerry Fulp, Deputy Regional Manager, Bureau of Reclamation
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½ acre-foot = 162,925 gallons½ acre-foot = 162,925 gallons
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Purposes Purposes equitable apportionment equitable apportionment in perpetuityin perpetuity hierarchy of interstate useshierarchy of interstate uses interstate comityinterstate comity remove controversies remove controversies allow development, storage, and flood allow development, storage, and flood
protectionprotection
Colorado River Compact (1922)
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Colorado River Compact (1922)Upper BasinLower Basin 7.5 maf
7.5 maf + 1 maf = 8.5 maf/yr
1.5 maf
77
Upper BasinUpper Division
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Apportionment23%
51.75%
14%
11.25%
Upper Basin
50 kaf
State %% of 7.5 MAF (full supply)
% of 6 MAF(more likely
supply)
Colorado 51.75 3,855,375 3,079,125
New Mexico 11.25 838,125 669,375
Utah 23 1,713,500 1,368,500
Wyoming 14 1,043,000 833,000
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Lower Basin ApportionmentLower Basin Apportionment
1100
Apportionment
2.8 maf
.3 maf
4.4 maf
Lower Basin
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Colorado River Compact (1922)
United States-Mexico Treaty (1944)
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact (1948)
The Legal TrinityColorado River Salinity Control Act (1974)
California Seven Party Agreement (1931)Natio
nal Enviro
nmenta
l Polic
y Act (
1969)
Endangered S
pecies Act (
1973)
Gran
d C
anyo
n P
rotectio
n A
ct (1992)
Interim Surplus Guidelines (2001)L
ow
er C
olo
Riv
er
Mu
lti-
Sp
ecie
s C
on
serv
atio
n
Pro
gra
m (
2005
)
Supplemental California v. Arizona Supreme Court Decrees (1968, 1979, 1983, 1984, 2000, 2006)
California Colorado River Water Agreement (2003)
Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928)Colorado River Storage Project Act (1956)
Arizona v. California (1963)
Colorado River Basin Project Act (1968)
La Plata River Compact (1922)
Colorado River
Endangered Fish
Recovery Program
(1988)
Colorado Ute Settlement Act (2000)
Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated Reservoir Operations (2007)
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Jennifer GimbelJennifer GimbelExecutive DirectorExecutive Director
Colorado Water Conservation BoardColorado Water Conservation Board
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Terry FulpTerry FulpDeputy Regional DirectorDeputy Regional Director
Lower Colorado River RegionLower Colorado River RegionBureau of ReclamationBureau of Reclamation
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CWAG 2010CWAG 2010
WATER LAW CONFERENCE
The Broadmoor Colorado Springs, Colorado
April 29 – 30, 2010
