Colorado River Compact (Wyoming Statutes: Title 41 - Water; Chapter 12; Article 3) País/Territorio Estados Unidos de América Subdivisión territorial Wyoming Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2019 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Agua Palabra clave Acuerdo subnacional Manejo de recursos hídricos Aguas continentales Aguas superficiales Derechos de agua Inundación Peligros Cuenca/área de captación/cuenca colectora Área geográphica Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte Resumen 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. Texto completo Inglés Página web www.wyoleg.gov