Chuck Bryant

It's altogether called the law of the river, but the Colorado River Compact is sort of the spine of this.

Yeah.

But we do have to mention these because a lot of them have popped up over the years.

there was the Boulder Canyon Project Act, which we previously mentioned in 1928, that officially ratified the river compact.

But that's where the Hoover Dam came from, Boulder Dam at the time, and that All-American Canal.

And that's when they officially apportioned everything out.

Within that $7.5 million for each, Arizona got, for the lower basin that is, Arizona got $2.8 million, California got $4.4 million, Nevada got $0.3 million.

Yeah, and the upper basin went with a percentage, right?

Yeah, that's right.

That was another.

And like you said, that was 1948 for the upper compact.

1963 comes along.

You have Arizona v. California, where the decision was handed out.

They were basically like, what do we do with the surplus water in the lower basin?

And this decision said California, Arizona split it at 50-50.

But also these five Native American reservations and some wildlife refuges and recreational areas like they get some water, too.

Yeah, that was 1964, right, with that decree?

There was the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968 that basically just greenlit a bunch of projects on both sides, you know, both basins, upper and lower.

But the key part of this one, I think, was it said, all right, if there are any overcap reserves during water shortages, California gets the rights to those.

Yeah, I mean, it's gorgeous out there.