March, 2006
Arizona Water Resources,
vol.
14,
no.
4,
16
pp.,
Water Resources Research Center,
Tucson, AZ,
March, 2006
Depending upon the perspective, whether hydrological or legal, the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming or the Colorado River Compact might be considered the source of Colorado River water. Its physical flow originates in the mountains; the 1922 compact, however, is the legal source officials consult to determine basin's and states' allocation to Colorado River water.