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<br />[ D J <br /> <br /> <br />Elleh of 8IIid .tations shall be equipped with suitable devices <br />for recording the /low of water In .aid river at aU time. between <br />the 15th day of February and the 1st day of December of eacb <br />year, The State Engineers of the signatory States shall make <br />provision for co'operative gauging at two station., for the de- <br />tails of the operation, exchange of .records and data, and publi- <br />cation of the facts. <br /> <br />ARTICLE II <br /> <br />The waters of the La Plata River are hereby equitably appor- <br />tioned between the signa tor,}' States, including the citizens thereof, <br />as follows: <br /> <br />1. At all times het",el'n the tlrst da,}' of December and the <br />/lfteenth day of the sm'('e('(!ing Februar~' each State shall have <br />the ulll'cstrieted right to the use of all water which may tlow <br />within its houndaries. <br /> <br />2, Il,}' reason of 1 he usuat annual rise and fait, the tlow of <br />said ril'('I' hetwe<'n the tlfteenth dav of Februarv and the first dav <br />of Dt"{'(>JlIher of eal~h JeaJ', shali be apporti'Oned between th~ <br />State~ in the following manner: <br /> <br />(a) Each State shall have the unrestricted right to use <br />all the waters within its boundaries on each day WhPll the <br />meau daily flow [It the Interstate Station is o~e hundI'eO. <br />('ubir feet per S(~cond, or more. <br /> <br />(h) 'On all othl'r da,l's the State of Colorado shall de. <br />live,' at the JJlter~tate Htation a quantity of water equivalent <br />to (In(>.hulf of the mean flow at the Hesperus Station for the <br />prc('t'ding day, but not to exceed Oile hundred cubic feet per <br />seconn. <br /> <br />a, Wh,'never the tlow of the 1'iv,'1' is so low that ill the judg- <br />I1lPllt of the ~tate Engiuef'I'8 of the Rtates the greatest beneficial <br />use of itN waters may be se('ured hy di~trihuting all of its waters <br />SllCl'eS8i\'el.v to the lauda in each State in alternating periods; in <br />lieu of delivery of water as provided ill the second pat'agraph of <br />tbis Al'tide, the nse of tbe waters may he so rotated ),l'tween tbe <br />two :-:tntns in Buch mapner, for such periods, and to continue for <br />such time as the fo;tate Engineers may jointly dctennine. <br /> <br />4, The State of Rew Ml'xico shallllot at anv ttme be entitled <br />to receive nor shall the Statc of Colorado be I'~quircd to dl'liver <br />any water not then ne<:'('R8ary for bene-tidal us!' in the State of New <br />Mexico. <br /> <br />5. A BubRtnntial .delivery of watt~l' under the terms of this <br />Artide shall be deemed a compliance with its provisions and <br />minor and compensating irregularities in flow or delivery shall <br />be dlsl'cl(:\rded. <br />