Colorado Water - Interstate Compacts

Colorado River Basin Compacts

Colorado River Compact (1922)

Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928)

Mexican Treaty (1944)

Upper Colorado River Compact (1948)

Colorado River Storage Project Act (1956)

Arizona v. California 373 U.S. 546 (1963)

Colorado River Basin Project Act (1968)

Coordinated Long Range Operating Criteria--Colorado River Reservoir (1970)

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (1974)

Animas-La Plata River Compact (1963)

Arkansas River Compact (1948)

Costilla Creek Compact (1963)

La Plata River Compact (1922)

Laramie River Litigation (1957)

North Platte River Litigation (1954)

Republican River Compact (1942)

Rio Grande River Compact (1938)

South Platte River Compact (1923)

Sources:

Division of Water Resources and Colorado Water Conservation Board. Senate Joint Resolution 94-32 Concerning the Management, Conservation, and Preservation of the Water Resources of the State of Colorado. Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1995.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Water for Tomorrow: Colorado State Water Plan, Phase II. 1974.

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