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Upper Colorado River Basin Compact (Arizona Revised Statutes: Title 45 Waters; Chapter 7 Interstate Streams; Article 3)

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 Manejo de recursos hídricos Captación de agua Derechos de agua Peligros Inundación
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

This article of the Arizona Revised Statutes adopts the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact entered into among 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.

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Página web
www.azleg.gov