Upper Colorado River Basin Compact

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The Upper Colorado River Basin Compact is a 1948 interstate agreement among the upper basin U.S. states that allocates and governs their shares of Colorado River water under the broader Colorado River Compact framework.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interstate compact ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
water allocation agreement ⓘ
administrativeBody Upper Colorado River Commission ⓘ
allocates water among Upper Basin states by percentage of available supply ⓘ
appliesTo Upper Colorado River Basin ⓘ
basin Colorado River Basin ⓘ
componentOf Law of the River ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1948-10-11 ⓘ
establishes Upper Colorado River Commission ⓘ
field environmental law ⓘ
interstate relations ⓘ
water law ⓘ
fullName Upper Colorado River Basin Compact ⓘ
geographicScope portions of Colorado River Basin above Lee Ferry ⓘ
governs allocation of Colorado River water among upper basin states ⓘ
implements Colorado River Compact in the Upper Basin ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus federal law of the United States ⓘ
obligation Upper Basin obligation to deliver water at Lee Ferry under the Colorado River Compact ⓘ
party Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
placeSigned Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ
purpose to equitably divide and apportion the use of waters of the Colorado River System in the Upper Basin ⓘ
to provide for the integrated use and control of the Colorado River System in the Upper Basin ⓘ
region American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West
relatedTo Colorado River Compact ⓘ
requires consent of the United States Congress ⓘ
ratification by each party state ⓘ
shortName Upper Basin Compact ⓘ
signatoryState Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
subjectMatter apportionment of surface water ⓘ
interstate water rights ⓘ
river basin management ⓘ
upperBasinState Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
yearSigned 1948 ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colorado River Compact → relatedAgreement → Upper Colorado River Basin Compact ⓘ
Law of the River → includesInstrument → Upper Colorado River Basin Compact ⓘ
Colorado River Basin → governedBy → Upper Colorado River Basin Compact ⓘ
Upper Basin states of the Colorado River Compact → subjectTo → Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 ⓘ
linked to: Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
Upper Basin → definedByAgreement → Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 ⓘ
linked to: Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
Upper Basin → allocatedCollectiveWaterShareUnder → Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 ⓘ
linked to: Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact → fullName → Upper Colorado River Basin Compact ⓘ
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact → shortName → Upper Basin Compact ⓘ
linked to: Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
Colorado River Storage Project Act → relatedTo → Upper Colorado River Basin Compact ⓘ