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Colorado River Compact (Wyoming Statutes: Title 41 - Water; Chapter 12; Article 3)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Wyoming
Document type
Legislation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Sub-national agreement Freshwater resources management Inland waters Surface water Water rights Flood Hazards Basin/catchment/watershed
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This article of the Wyoming Statutes adopts the Colorado River Compact entered into among the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. 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; to establish the relative importance of different beneficial uses of water; to promote interstate comity; to remove causes of present and future controversies; and to secure the expeditious agricultural and industrial development of the Colorado River basin, the storage of its waters and the protection of life and property from floods. To these ends the Colorado River basin is divided into two basins, and an apportionment of the use of part of the water of the Colorado River system is made to each of them with the provision that further equitable apportionments may be made.

Full text
English
Website
www.wyoleg.gov