The law of the river -- Colorado River Compact of 1922 -- The Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 -- The California Seven-Party Agreement of 1931 -- The Mexican Water Treaty of 1944 -- Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 -- The Colorado River Storage Project Act of 1956 -- Arizona v. California -- The Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968 -- The criteria for coordinated long-range operation of Colorado River reservoirs of 1970 -- Minute 242 of the U.S.-Mexico International Boundary and Water Commission of 1973 -- The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 -- Planning for drought : congressional and regulatory action addressing drought conditions since 2000 -- 2001 interim guidelines -- 2003 quantification settlement agreement -- Quantification settlement agreement cases -- 2007 interim guidelines -- Drought contingency plans -- Minutes 319 & 323 -- Archival collections.
Summary:
The Colorado River basin states are bound together by something referred to by water law experts as the "Law of the River"--a collection of interstate compacts, treaties, federal acts, court decisions and administrative directives that collectively determine how the water of the Colorado is used and allocated. This has become a very hot topic--the river system is approaching a crisis because of drought and climate change, and the Bureau of Reclamation recently announced the first-ever planned cutbacks in Colorado River water deliveries to states in the lower basin. Everyone in the region is going to be increasingly concerned with these laws, including those in California, since it is part of the compact and the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego receive a great deal of water from there. Also, 2022 is the 100th anniversary of the Colorado River Compact, which is the foundation of the "Law of the River"--Publisher.
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