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Colorado River Compact 1999

Date: 1999-01-01
Categories: Water, Hydrology & Watersheds
Geographic scope: gunnison basin
Source: Sustainable Living Library

Summary

An introduction written by POWER addressing a sever sustained drought as well as newspaper articles from the Denver Post addressing the drought.

Local Knowledge Graph (41 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on Colorado River Compact 1999 with 41 nodes and 80 connections. Top connected: not mentioned, Spruce, Atriplex canescens, not specified, United States Bureau of Reclamation.

Stakeholders (13)

Agencies, organizations, and groups mentioned as actors in this document.

United States Bureau of ReclamationUnited States Geological SurveyUpper Gunnison River Water Conservancy DistrictColorado General AssemblyU.S. Supreme CourtFederal GovernmentPOWER (People Opposing Water Export Raids)U.S. Congress
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Upper Colorado River CommissionU.S. GovernmentUnited States Reclamation ServicePeople Opposing Water Export RaidsDepartment of State of the United States

External References Cited (9)

Works cited by this document, grouped by type.

article (5)

  • Management and Marketing of Indian Water: from Conflict to Pragmatism (1988)
  • The Law of Equitable Apportionment Revisited, Updated and Restated (1985)
  • Competing Demands for the Colorado River (1985)
  • Water for Oil Shale Development (1966)
  • Bryant v. Yellen: Perfected Rights Acquire New Status Under a Belated Clarification of Arizona v. California

legislation (3)

  • Colorado River Compact (1922)
  • An Act providing for the appointment of a Commissioner on behalf of the State of Colorado to negotiate a compact (1921)
  • An Act to permit a compact or agreement between the States (1921)

report (1)

  • Criteria for Coordinated Long Range Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs