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6 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 318 (2002-2003)
An Upper Basin Perspective on California's Claims to Water from the Colorado River Part II: The Development, Implementation and Collapse of California's Plan to Live within Its Basic Apportionment

handle is hein.journals/udenwr6 and id is 334 raw text is: AN UPPER BASIN PERSPECTIVE ON CALIFORNIA'S CLAIMS TO WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER PART II: THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND COLLAPSE OF CALIFORNIA'S PLAN TO LIVE WITHIN ITS BASIC APPORTIONMENT JAMES S. LOCHHEADt I. Introduction ........................................................................ 319 H. The Situation in 1990 and the Start of the Interstate Discussions on California and Nevada Water Supply Issues .................................................................................. 322 III. The Colorado Initiative and the 1991 Meeting in Torrance, California ........................................................... 329 IV. The California Water Bank Proposal ................................... 334 V. A Hiatus in the Seven-State Process: Lower Basin Discussions ......................................................................... 337 VI. The Ten Colorado River Indian Tribes ................................ 339 VII. Nevada's Aggressive Approach to Acquiring Water .............. 340 VIII. Financial Crises in Arizona .................................................. 342 IX. Discussions on a Lower Basin Water Bank and Lower Basin O perations ................................................................. 344 X. The Dream Team ................................................................ 347 XI. The Arizona Water Bank and Increasing Tensions (and W ater use) in California ...................................................... 350 XII. The Six-State Alliance .......................................................... 352 XIII. The California 4.4 Plan ....................................................... 354 XIV. The Six States Take the Initiative on Interim Surplus G uidelines ........................................................................... 359 XV. The IID/Coachella Peace Accord and the MWD/II)D M eltdown ............................................................................ 362 XVI. Renewed Negotiations: The Key Terms Agreement ......... 366 t James S. Lochhead is a shareholder with the firm of Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, P.C., Denver and Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Mr. Lochhead was the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources from 1994 to 1998. He served on the Colorado Water Conservation Board from 1983 to 1998. From 1988 to 1999, he was the lead representative for Colorado concerning interstate Colorado River issues, and Colorado's Commissioner on the Upper Colorado River Commission. From 1999 to 2000, he was a Special Assistant Attorney General for Colorado on interstate Colorado River matters. Since 2000, he has represented a broad coalition of the major water districts and municipalities in Colorado on interstate and international Colorado River matters.

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