Water Use Efficiency Practitioner One Practice Test

Upper and Lower Colorado basins entitlement per year?

7.5 MAF/Year 5 MAF/Year 9 MAF/Year 12 MAF/Year

Correct Answer:

7.5 MAF/Year

Explanation:

The Colorado River Compact sets a total annual allocation of 15 million acre-feet per year to be shared between the two basins, with each basin receiving 7.5 MAF annually. That means the entitlement the Upper Basin can legally use and the Lower Basin can legally use is 7.5 million acre-feet per year each. This split establishes the baseline water supply for planning and allocation, even though actual deliveries in any given year can be lower due to drought, storage constraints, or other hydrological factors. In practice, water managers use that entitlement figure to inform demand management, reservoir operations, and efficiency planning across the basin.

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