Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas
Annex G - Colorado River Basin
The Colorado River Basin case study, Annex G of the commission research paper Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas, was released on 3 October 2003.
Twelve case studies, which should be read in conjunction with the main report, were prepared to assist the understanding of the complex legal, organisational and management arrangements of the jurisdictions studied. They are:
- Murray–Darling Basin
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Colorado River Basin
- California
- Colorado
- Chile
- Mexico
- South Africa
CONTENTS
Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Abbreviations, Preface
1 The water sector
2 Legal framework
2.1 The Law of the River
2.2 Other compacts and legislation
3 Organisations
3.1 Upper Colorado River Commission
3.2 Secretary of the Interior
3.3 Bureau of Reclamation
3.4 International Boundary and Water Commission
3.5 US Fish and Wildlife Service
3.6 Other federal agencies
4 Definition of water rights
4.1 Allocations under the Law of the River
5 Government involvement in water allocation
5.1 Acquisition programs
6 Administering water rights
6.1 Section 404 applications
7 Distribution management
7.1 Upper basin states
7.2 Lower basin states
7.3 Supplying the seven US basin states
7.4 Supplying the Republic of Mexico
8 Monitoring and enforcement
8.1 The Upper Colorado River Commission
8.2 Secretary of the Interior
8.3 The International Boundary and Water Commission
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