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

Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Sous-division territoriale
Wyoming
Type du document
Législation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Eau
Mot clé
Eaux superficielles Eaux continentales Accord sous-national Gestion des resources en eau douce Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Bassin/captage/bassin versant Risques Inondation
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Résumé

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.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.wyoleg.gov