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