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Show 2A Suh Advocate Price, Utah Tuesday October 15, 2002 Compacts, court rulings regulate water consumption in Colorado basin: Price BLM and Prescott College explore beauty of local canyons I (Continued from page 1A) nual usage by one million Arizona opposed including tributary water, specifically the Gila River, in the apportionment and refused to sign the compact The U.S. Congress subsequently did not ratify the agreement until the Boulder Canyon Project Act of 928 allowed the compact to become law with the approval of six states and the enactment by California of a statute limiting its use of Colorado entered into the upper basin compact to apportion allowable depletions. The four states were uncertain how much water 1 would remain after delivering 7.5 million acre-feper annum to the lower basin and how the Mexican Iteaty obligation might affect the supply. The states subsequently apportioned the remaining water as follows: River water. et Arizona finally ratified the compact in 1944. The 1922 compact was the first in a long process of negotiation, legislation and litigation. The process continues and the Colorado has been subjected to extensive negotiations and litigation. 10-da- In Utah, 23 percent Colorado, 31.75percent New Mexico, 1 1.25 percent Wyoming, 14 percent the U.S.Supreme 1963, Court decision in Arizona vs California confirmed the following lower basin apportionments: California, 4.4 million acre-fe- et plus SO percent of surplus. Arizona , 2.8 million acre-fe- et plus 46 percent of surplus. Nevada, 300,000 acre-fe- et plus 4 percent of surplus. Hair Cut, Hair Style, Pedicure Come in The 1908 Winters vs United States high court decision established the doctrine of Indian reserved water rights. The ruling was reaffirmed by the Arizona vs California decision awarding water rights to five Indian reservations in the lower basin. The court also ruled a tribe 's reserved rights must be charged against the apportionment ofthe state where the reservation is located. Formal negotiations on an upper basin compact were initiated July 3 1 , 1946, prompted by the desire of the states to continue water development put on hold in 1941 by wartime restrictions. The states wanted to construct a major project, but federal funding was contingent on an upper basin compact On Oct. 11, 1948, the states et Q mi pact negotiators were unsuccessful in the attempt to divide the water between individual states. But the compact reduced the upper basin concern that the faster growing lower basin states,particularly California, would monopolize the water. The compact set aside the prior appropriation principle of first in time, first in right and allowed the basins to develop apportioned water without fear of losing it through non-us- e. The United States Bureau of Land Managements Price field office and Prescott College are colloborating to elevate public awareness of the beauty and value the Green Rivers Desolation and Gray Canyons. Upon the invitation of Price BLM outdoor recreation planner Dennis Willis, students from the Arizona college will dance the canyons for the local community to enjoy as the culminaacademic course. tion of a three-tiere- d Part of this project is to instill appreciation and pride of the area in the community," explained Willis. Part of our landscape and heritage, it is a special place. Through the arts, we can communicate this to a group of people who many never go there, but who have an interest in the value of the place." Arrangements have already been completed to house the participants at the College of Eastern Utah, pointed out Price Councilmcmbcr liz Kourianos. Desolation Canyon is the deepest canyon in Utah and the Ls largest roadless area in 48 lower states that not designated as Wilderness or a National Park. It became a National Historic Landmark in I 969 cm the centennial anniversary of John Wesley Powell's historic journey down the Colorado River. Of all the Colorado River System, Desolation Canyon is the least changed since the lime of Powells expedition. Desolation Canyon is one of very last strongholds of native It offers an inendangered fish in the Colorado River system. " wildlife abundance of tact ecosystem and an explained Willis, who has lived in the area for 22 years. The canyon has the youngest rock exposures on the Colorado Plateau, When you take a trip down the river you launch in the age of mammals and take out in the age of dinosaurs. In my opinkm, it Ls the best wilderness river trip in the lower 48 states. lb learn about the unique local area, Prescott faculty, staff raft trip through Desoand students will embark upon a y lation and Gray Canyons to study the natural and cultural hls-tory of the region. In addition, they will study choreography, performance and improvisation and the political, artistic and ecological landscapes of the region. Upon returning to Price, they will collect stories about the canyons from local residents and artists for their performance. (Continued on page 5A) all for only acre-fe- $ Arizona , 50,000 acre-fe- et A major incongruity with the law of the river is the assumed quantity of water in the Colorado upon which the 1922 compact was negotiated, according to the Utah Department of Natural Resources. The river's average annual PRICElTHu,. 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Recent estimates show the avCalifornia in the past 20 years, et erage annual flow to be 15 milrepresenting 800,000 acre-femore than the states compact al- - ; lion acre-fe-et ' location. i Subtracting the compact and The guidelines allow Califor- treaty guaranteed annual apportionment and recognizing the nia 15 years to implement con- servation programs to reduce impacts of sustained drought peis with left demand to comply with the com-basin the riods, upper an estimated dependable supply pact allotment of 4.4 million ; acre-feof about 6.0 million acre-fee- t. ; As a result Utahs allocated During the 15 year period, the share is effectively reduced from remaining six states have agreed 1.7 million acre-fe- et on criteria to assure California to approxiwill be able to meet municipal mately 1.4 million acre-feThe 1956 storage act authoand industrial needs. The crite- - : ria protects the six states against rized construction of Glen Canand potential impacts of drought yon, Flaming Gorge, Navajo Portions of Utah lie within : Curecanti dams for river regulation. the upper and lower basins. In ; The act authorized the U.S. the upper basin, the Colorado I enters Utah west of Grand June- Bureau of Reclamation to conas struct the central Utah project tion, but few diversions are made ' one ofthe participating projects. directly from the river in the area. The largest use of the water is A1968 act authorized several the Duchesne River system ; from lower and projects in the upper basins as well as developing long in the Uintah Basin. Lesser amounts are diverted range operating criteria for the from the Price, San Rafael, Dirty Colorado reservoir system. The last 75 miles of the ColoDevil, Escalante and San Juan rado River are located within river systems. Water is exported . Mexicos boundaries. from the Uintah Basin to the , Wasatch Front by CUP, the ; A treaty signed in 1944 guarantees Mexico 1.5 million acre-fe- et Provo River project,Strawberry to be increased in years of project and several smaller diver- skms. surplus to 1.7 million acre-fe- et Most of Utahs lower basin , and reduced in years of extraorin to dinary drought proportion usuage comes from the Virgin River and tributaries. the reduction of consumptive uses in the U.S. Agriculture is currently the ' Since 1944, the U.S. has delargest consumer in the Kanab livered at least the designated Creek and Virgin River drainamount of water. The treaty did ages. But municipal and indusnot mention water quality. trial demands are expected to inBut a 1973 agreement becrease threefold in the next 50 tween the U.S. and Mexico conyears, exceeding agricultural tains a provision guaranteeing uses. that the deliveries at the northAccording to projections, ern international boundary will Utah will have about 200,000 acre-fe- et have an average annual salinity of undeveloped Coloof no more than 1 15(plus or mirado River water available for nus 30) parts per million more future use in 2020. that the salinity of water arriving Probably the last major waat Imperial Dam. ter development project.in Utah Since 1972, water delivered will be the CUP which will be to Mexico has met the quality funded by the federal government. provisions. In addition, quality has imAdditional private development of thermal power will likely proved due to efforts of the fedoccur in Emery and Uintah eral, state and local governments as well as irrigation interests to counties, pointed out the states control salinity. natural resources department. An act was passed in 1974 auMunicipal, industrial and agrithorizing federal funding to help cultural water development will control salinity in the Colorado. result as growth continues. The program authorizes fedIn the lower basin, diversions eral agencies to cost share with from Kanab Creek and Virgin state and local organizations for Riverdrainages will increase apanconstruction of projects to conproximately 58,000 acre-fe- et trol salinity by decreasing the nually by 2050, increasing depleamount of salt entering the river. tions by about 36,000 acre-fe- et ; In addition to the Carbon-Emer- y The population of the lower I area, projects have been basin, one the fastest growing ; installed in Utah, Colorado, areas in the state, is expected to ; Wyoming, New Mexico and Neexpand an average of 2.96 per--; vada. cent annually during the next 20 I ; The majority have involved years. Utahs statewide annual ; rate of growth is predicted at; improvements in irrigation sys1.74 percent tem efficiency. . In Utah, more than 100,000 After starting to divide the wa---; acres of salinity control effi- - ter in the Colorado River about -- ; improvements have been 80 years ago, the states and fed-- 1; eral agencies have resolved many edm the Uintah Basin. An additional 40,000 acres difficult problems through are being installed in the Price-Sa- n informal process allowing flex- Rafael rivers area. ibility and innovation. The downstream states of Emerging issues continue to ; surface and resolving the matters 1 Arizona, California and Nevada as well as the federal government informally requires the seven ; i basin states to reach a consen- - 1 flow from 1896 -- et et ' -- -- a Live life t o t he Remington Rifle Ammo Huger M77 Rifles Asst. Cals. 1,308 fullest an! M sus. Participants must be willing ?;, to achieve solutions without un- - f duly jeopardizing a single states tftktfta position. ; The process is slow and diffi-cu- lt, but the solutions have??, united support, making implex H mentation simpler and more ef?i fident, concluded the Utah De-Jl- ? partment of Natural Resources??: Afcetoi Schrade Star Theatre Hunting Knives 163 North Main, Huntington, Utah (435) 687-STA- R Showtlmes Monday-Saturda-y Nightly . 7:00&ft00pjn. Weekly Matinees Monday: Senior Day 2pjn. 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