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Upper Colorado River Basin Compact (Wyoming Statutes: Title 41 - Water; Chapter 12; Article 4)

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

This article of the Wyoming Statutes adopts the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact entered into among the states of Arizona, Colorado, 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, 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. It is recognized that the Colorado River Compact is in full force and effect and all of the provisions hereof are subject thereto.

Full text
English
Website
www.wyoleg.gov