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Chuck Bryant

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

into Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Utah.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

And then, like Josh would one day say, Arizona, California, and don't forget Nevada, Chuck.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

I think if you're a Grand Canyon fan, you got to know that by now.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

So they this is one of the problems.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

And we're going to talk about this later, too.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

But they they did a little bit of research on water flow because they had to figure out, like, all right, how much water is that even?

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

And what they measured was 16.4 million acre feet.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

splitting that up into almost 50% each, 7.5 million acre feet per basin in perpetuity, with the rest left over for Mexico.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

And we're going to talk about that.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

But just so you know, a water, a one acre foot of water is enough water to submerge an acre of land to the depth of one foot.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

I knew I wasn't going to have to make the joke.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

You can't read that without thinking how Josh waters his lawn.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

Here's your rice and cranberries.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

So an acre of land at the depth of one foot or 325,851 gallons of water.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

So they measured 16.4 million acre feet of that and split it in half with the rest going to Mexico.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

What does that even mean?

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

So as far as how this actually works, over a 10-year period, the upper basin has to deliver at least 75 million acre-feet of water to the lower basin, and they measure it there at Lee Ferry.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

That's why the dividing point is there.