Colorado River Compact (Arizona Revised Statutes: Title 45 Waters; Chapter 7 Interstate Streams; Article 2) País/Territorio Estados Unidos de América Subdivisión territorial Arizona Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2019 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Agua Palabra clave Acuerdo subnacional Aguas superficiales Aguas continentales Captación de agua Derechos de agua Cuenca/área de captación/cuenca colectora Inundación Peligros Manejo de recursos hídricos Área geográphica Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte Resumen This article of the Arizona Revised Statutes adopts the Colorado River Compact entered into among 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. Texto completo Inglés Página web www.azleg.gov