{"identifier":"/us/usc/t43/s1556","title":43,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1556.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f1556.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter, (a) all terms which are defined in the Colorado River Compact shall have the meanings therein defined;\n(b) \u201cMain stream\u201d means the main stream of the Colorado River downstream from Lee Ferry within the United States, including the reservoirs thereon;\n(c) \u201cUser\u201d or \u201cwater user\u201d in relation to main stream water in the lower basin means the United States or any person or legal entity entitled under the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in Arizona against California, and others (376 U.S. 340), to use main stream water when available thereunder;\n(d) \u201cActive storage\u201d means that amount of water in reservoir storage, exclusive of bank storage, which can be released through the existing reservoir outlet works;\n(e) \u201cColorado River Basin States\u201d means the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;\n(f) \u201cWestern United States\u201d means those States lying wholly or in part west of the Continental Divide; and\n(g) \u201cAugment\u201d or \u201caugmentation\u201d, when used herein with reference to water, means to increase the supply of the Colorado River or its tributaries by the introduction of water into the Colorado River system, which is in addition to the natural supply of the system.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t43/s1556.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1556","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1556."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this chapter, (a) all terms which are defined in the Colorado River Compact shall have the meanings therein defined;"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1556/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cMain stream\u201d means the main stream of the Colorado River downstream from Lee Ferry within the United States, including the reservoirs thereon;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1556/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cUser\u201d or \u201cwater user\u201d in relation to main stream water in the lower basin means the United States or any person or legal entity entitled under the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in Arizona against California, and others (376 U.S. 340), to use main stream water when available thereunder;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1556/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cActive storage\u201d means that amount of water in reservoir storage, exclusive of bank storage, which can be released through the existing reservoir outlet works;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1556/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cColorado River Basin States\u201d means the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1556/f","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(f)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cWestern United States\u201d means those States lying wholly or in part west of the Continental Divide; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1556/g","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(g)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cAugment\u201d or \u201caugmentation\u201d, when used herein with reference to water, means to increase the supply of the Colorado River or its tributaries by the introduction of water into the Colorado River system, which is in addition to the natural supply of the system.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}