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Called "basin" states, the signatories to this Compact were California, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming and, later in 1944, Arizona.

Called "basin" states, the signatories to this Compact were California, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming and, later in 1944, Arizona.

The Compact is based on an overestimate, probably deliberate, of 16.4 million [[acre foot|acre-feet]] of water supposedly made available annually by the Colorado River.<ref name="LAT">https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-09-21/california-water-usage-hoover-dam-lake-mead</ref>  In fact, it rarely supplied that much, and since 1991 its average has been only 13.5 million acre-feet, and declining from that.

The Compact is based on an overestimate, probably deliberate, of 16.4 million [[acre-foot|acre-feet]] of water supposedly made available annually by the Colorado River.<ref name="LAT">https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-09-21/california-water-usage-hoover-dam-lake-mead</ref>  In fact, it rarely supplied that much, and since 1991 its average has been only 13.5 million acre-feet, and declining from that.

[[Herbert Hoover]], who was in the first graduating class of [[Stanford University]], negotiated the compact and was suspected of having favoritism for [[California]].<ref name="LAT"/>  [[Arizona]] was strongly opposed to building the Parker Dam in 1934 and even sent troops to try to stop it.

[[Herbert Hoover]], who was in the first graduating class of [[Stanford University]], negotiated the compact and was suspected of having favoritism for [[California]].<ref name="LAT"/>  [[Arizona]] was strongly opposed to building the Parker Dam in 1934 and even sent troops to try to stop it.