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<br />[ 5 ] <br /> <br /> <br />first to melt and the flow from this SOUl'fe then ex('eeoR 1he flow <br />from tlw lIlountniuR. As the ~eason advant:cs the higlJer snows <br />melt and pl'oduce the annual rise, dnrin~ the month of ~fay, which <br />is followed lI.y a sudden l'e('e8~ion nnd low river flow during the <br />:remainder of the summer, exn:l't for .'(tash flo".:s~' from heavy <br />rains. <br /> <br />No storage works harr hp('n provided in either ~tatp. rrhere <br />are several available ~ite~ in Colol'ado and reservoir con~truction <br />should pl'ceedu fm'Owl' agri('uHural development in Colorado. <br />The wintpI' and flood flows w.ill be availahle for !:l-torage. Hesel'voir <br />den~loplll('nt will result in expanlSion of the irrigah'd area and will <br />ilH're8~(~ the flow of return and seepag-e waters entering- the ~tream <br />ht'tween Hefo';peI'llA unit tllt~ lnh'r~tat(' LilH'. <br /> <br />Ry the t'OlHpad, tilt, winter tlow (l)ecelllher lfolt to February <br />15tll) aUlI all of the Hood tio,,' in f'X('('S):'l of tOn cuhi<' f~'<'t per sec- <br />ond, may be ll~Prl. or ~tor(>rl. in Colorado. DUl'ing thf' earl,Y Rpring <br />the Howat th€ Intel'JSfate Linf'. l'(,~lllt ill/! frolll thf" melting of <br />Anow!.; 011 the lower rnesaR, is g'rea11'l" than the ftm-v from the mOllll- <br />tains above Ilf'speJ'l11->. and la'lice no il(hniniRtration will he re- <br />quired to ('oIHpl,)' with the ('omp3et during lhis parly tiow. <br /> <br />After the flood season the flow at the lnterli'tate Line, on an)' <br />day. ~hilll IH.~ H qnantity eqni\"all'ut to oIlfLhalf tlte HlP.Hll tin,,," at <br />the HeHpt>l"llS Htatiou for the prl:'('eding day (bnt in IW erent to <br />exceed 100 cuhie feet), This euables Colorado to re"ei\"e full crcdlt <br />for all seepage, waste, ~nd otht:'r Wl1t(>r8 entering the stream be- <br />twef'n Ht'~pel'us and Ow Iutpl'Htate Line and }J€rmits diversion <br />in ('Olot'IV}O of all additional HnlOnIlt ("(JuaI to the total flow frnm <br />~11t'h I't'turn, H~'epage. anti otheT' SilU"('('l'i. AR fOiueh waterH iTHTe~~e <br />the 1m I'd ell upon the mountain flow will del'l'ea..<;;e C'orreRpondinp;ly. <br />"Theil lIw illJlows helow Ih~:-:IJel'uR e(juallOO eubit' 1'eet 01' oneThalf <br />the mountain tlow Oll auy day when le[o1~ than 100 enhic feet il'i to <br />he dt'livel"t'd, no further \leli\'eJ''y of Illolllltain waters will 1)(' f'('- <br />quil'ed. <br /> <br />Colorado get~ full tTedit for all "fta:-lh. flow!:~(' (from heavy <br />rains) entering the ~tream oetwetln Hesperus and the Interstate <br />Line. Thelo;c fla~h flows may be ~1tored, diverted by ditches, or <br />otherwise utilizea in ('o]orHdo 311d Colorado will get credit for <br />parts thereof wbieh flow across the Inte~tate Line. <br /> <br />The State I<JngiDeer~ are authori7..ed to roiate the whole flow <br />bet",'een the areas in the two States whenever the river is so low <br />that diversion of the water would rHuse unnecessary waste. This <br />method may never he a"ailf~l of and, if tried, may be terminated <br />at au~' time If it proveR unsatisfactory. Neither State is obliged <br />to continue its USe. If suce€'ssful, it may be put into operation <br />w}H>never conditions require. <br /> <br />Colorado ia not re<juirL'<i to deliver any water to New Mexico <br />which is not then needed for beneficial use. If, by reason of heavy <br />