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On August 11, 1992, the Harquahala Valley landowners,
including the partnership, held an election in which they
approved relinquishment by HID of the Colorado River water rights
under the Subcontract.
On December 1, 1992, a final agreement (Master Agreement)
was entered into between the Interior Department and HID for
relinquishment or termination of HID’s water rights under the
Subcontract. Thereunder, HID relinquished to the Interior
Department its rights under the above 1983 water supply
Subcontract to receive over the course of the next 40 or more
years Colorado River water, and the Interior Department agreed to
discharge HID's debt to the Federal Government in relation to the
construction of the local water distribution system and to pay
HID $28.7 million.
The Master Agreement acknowledged that the terms and
conditions under which HID relinquished its Colorado River water
rights were approved by the Harquahala Valley landowners.
The Master Agreement provided that, in entering into the
agreement, HID was acting in its capacity as a municipal
corporation of the State of Arizona and that there existed no
third-party beneficiaries to the Agreement.
Under the July 17, 1992, notice to the landowners and under
the Master Agreement, landowners who did not agree to
relinquishment of their water rights had the option to continue
to receive Colorado River water under the 1983 Subcontract.
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