Colorado River Compact

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The Colorado River Compact is a 1922 interstate agreement that allocates the river’s water among the seven U.S. basin states, forming the legal foundation for managing the Colorado River in the American West.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foundational document of Colorado River law ⓘ
interstate compact ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
water allocation agreement ⓘ
affects hydropower generation on the Colorado River ⓘ
municipal water supply in the Colorado River Basin ⓘ
water supply for agriculture in the Colorado River Basin ⓘ
allocatesFlowToBasin Lower Basin ⓘ
Upper Basin ⓘ
apportionmentBasis assumed average annual river flow of 15 million acre-feet at Lee Ferry ⓘ
approvalStatute Boulder Canyon Project Act ⓘ
approvalStatuteYear 1928 ⓘ
approvedBy United States Congress ⓘ
basin Colorado River Basin ⓘ
basinStateCount 7 ⓘ
createsDivision Lower Basin ⓘ
Upper Basin ⓘ
dateSigned 1922-11-24 ⓘ
federalRepresentative Herbert Hoover ⓘ
federalRepresentativeRole U.S. Secretary of Commerce ⓘ
formsPartOf Law of the River ⓘ
geographicScope American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West

United States ⓘ
keyLocation Lee Ferry, Arizona ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalFoundationFor Colorado River management in the American West ⓘ
lowerBasinAllocation 7.5 million acre-feet per year ⓘ
lowerBasinState Arizona ⓘ
California ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
measurementPoint Lee Ferry, Arizona ⓘ
negotiatedBy Colorado River Commission ⓘ
placeSigned Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ
purpose to apportion the use of the waters of the Colorado River System between Upper Basin and Lower Basin states ⓘ
to avoid future interstate water conflicts ⓘ
to provide basis for development of the Colorado River Basin ⓘ
relatedAgreement Boulder Canyon Project Act ⓘ
Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968 ⓘ
Mexican Water Treaty of 1944 ⓘ
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact ⓘ
requiresDeliveryAtLeeFerry 75 million acre-feet over any consecutive 10-year period ⓘ
river Colorado River ⓘ
signatoryState Arizona ⓘ
California ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
subjectMatter interstate water allocation ⓘ
water rights ⓘ
surplusAllocation 1.0 million acre-feet per year to Lower Basin under certain conditions ⓘ
upperBasinAllocation 7.5 million acre-feet per year ⓘ
upperBasinState Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
yearSigned 1922 ⓘ

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Colorado River → governedBy → Colorado River Compact ⓘ
Law of the River → includesInstrument → Colorado River Compact ⓘ
Colorado River Basin → governedBy → Colorado River Compact ⓘ
Lower Colorado Region of the Bureau of Reclamation → follows → Colorado River Compact and related laws and agreements ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River Compact
Boulder Canyon Project Act → implementsAgreement → Colorado River Compact ⓘ
Boulder Canyon Project Act → relatedTo → Colorado River Compact ⓘ
Colorado River (Nevada segment) → governedBy → Colorado River Compact ⓘ
Colorado River Basin Project Act → relatedTo → Colorado River Compact ⓘ
Nevada–Arizona border → governedByCompact → Colorado River Compact (indirectly affecting boundary-related water issues) ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River Compact
Imperial Irrigation District service area → subjectTo → Colorado River water management agreements ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River Compact
Upper Basin states of the Colorado River Compact → partyTo → 1922 Colorado River Compact ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River Compact
Upper Basin → definedByAgreement → Colorado River Compact of 1922 ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River Compact
Upper Basin → allocatedCollectiveWaterShareUnder → Colorado River Compact of 1922 ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River Compact
Lee Ferry, Arizona → governedBy → Colorado River Compact ⓘ
Colorado River Commission → uses → Colorado River Compact ⓘ
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact → relatedTo → Colorado River Compact ⓘ
Lower Basin → definedBy → Colorado River Compact of 1922 ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River Compact
Colorado River Storage Project Act → relatedTo → Colorado River Compact ⓘ