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

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Subdivisión territorial
Wyoming
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2019
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Agua
Palabra clave
Aguas superficiales Aguas continentales Acuerdo subnacional Manejo de recursos hídricos Derechos de agua Cuenca/área de captación/cuenca colectora Peligros Inundación
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

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.

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Página web
www.wyoleg.gov