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California seeks a priority in rights based on the "Law of the River," while the other six states seek a more equitable allocation of the water based on current needs.
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The '''Colorado River Compact''' is an agreement among seven southwestern states concerning sharing the water from the [[Colorado River]], which signed on November 24, 2022.  It was an interstate agreement that paved the way to constructing the [[Hoover Dam]] and providing water to those states for next century.
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The '''Colorado River Compact''' is an agreement among seven southwestern states concerning sharing the water from the [[Colorado River]], which was signed on November 24, 1922.<ref>https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/pdfiles/crcompct.pdf</ref> It was an interstate agreement that paved the way to constructing the [[Hoover Dam]] and providing water to those states for next century.
    
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.
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An analysis by the left-leaning ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' on September 21, 2022, attributes the water crisis in the southwest more to the fundamental flaws in the Colorado River Compact and the growth in water usage there, than to [[climate change]].<ref name="LAT"/>
 
An analysis by the left-leaning ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' on September 21, 2022, attributes the water crisis in the southwest more to the fundamental flaws in the Colorado River Compact and the growth in water usage there, than to [[climate change]].<ref name="LAT"/>
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== Revisited in 2022 and 2023 ==
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By the end of 2022, a shortage in water from the [[Colorado River]] has resulted in a conflict between [[California]] and the other six southwestern states on this issue of sharing the water from this river.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-02-02/why-is-california-going-it-alone-in-colorado-river-talks</ref>  California seeks a priority in rights based on the "[[Law of the River]]," while the other six states seek a more equitable allocation of the water based on current needs.
 
== References ==
 
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