Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
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| Upper Colorado River Basin Compact | |
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| Formation date: | 1948 |
| Member jurisdictions: | 5 |
| Issue(s): | Water apportionment |
| Compact website | |
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The Upper Colorado River Basin Compact is an interstate compact among Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. The compact apportions the water of the upper Colorado River basin, and established the Upper Colorado River Commission as its governing body. The compact also has congressional consent.[1]
History
The compact is one of several pieces of legislation passed to help apportion the waters and regulate the use and management of the river. The first act was the Colorado River Compact, which divided the basin into upper and lower portions, and granted each half the right to develop 7.5 million acre-feet (maf) of river water each year.[2]
The Upper Colorado River Basin Compact follows from that first compact, and divides the upper basin's 7.5 million maf allotment, by annual flow percentage, among Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and the portion of Arizona that lies within the upper basin.[2]
Text of the compact
The legislature of each member state passes the laws with certain modifications, but the core of the legislation remains the same.
Contact information
Upper Colorado River Commission
355 South 400 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: 801-531-1150
Email: ucrc@ucrcommission.com
See also
External links
- The Council of State Governments - National Center for Interstate Compacts
- Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Upper Colorado River Commission
- Western Water Assessment - Colorado River Resources
Footnotes
