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19 Pac. L. J. 1391 (1987-1988)
California Colorado River Issues

handle is hein.journals/mcglr19 and id is 1443 raw text is: California Colorado River Issues Warren J. Abbott* I. INTRODUCTION The waters of the Colorado River have perhaps been the subject of more writing and more litigation than any other major water source in this country. The fights over Colorado River water rights continue today. Justice Black, in an oft-quoted passage, described this river ably in Arizona v. California,' The Cdlorado River itself rises in the mountains of Colorado and flows generally in a southwesterly direction for about 1,300 miles through Colorado, Utah, and Arizona and along the Arizona- Nevada and Arizona-California boundaries, after which it passes into Mexico and empties into the Mexican waters of the Gulf of California. On its way to the sea it receives tributary waters from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona. The river and its tributaries flow in a natural basin almost sur- rounded by large mountain ranges and drain 242,000 square miles, an area about 900 miles long from north to south and 300 to 500 miles wide from east to west - practically one-twelfth the area of the continental United States excluding Alaska. Much of this large basin is so arid that it is, as it always has been, largely dependent upon managed use of the waters of the Colorado River System to make it productive and inhabitable ....2 * Former General Counsel, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. A.B. Harvard, 1953; J.D., U.C.L.A., 1958. In my capacity with Metropolitan I have dealt with most of the issues discussed in this paper, and thus, I disclose any bias that may exist. The views expressed herein, however, are my own and may not be the same as those of my client. 1. 373 U.S. 546 (1963). 2. Id. at 552. 1391

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