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<br />-. <br /> <br />001210 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />fit <br /> <br />28. John Martin Reservoir is located on the Arkansas River immed- <br /> <br /> <br />iately below the mouth of the Purgatoire River, and is operated for flood <br /> <br /> <br />control and conservation. The conservation benefits of the reservoir are <br /> <br /> <br />apportioned among the water users of the Arkansas River under the terms <br /> <br /> <br />of the Arkansas River Compaot between the States of Colorado and Kansas. <br /> <br /> <br />The Compact provides in part that, "This Compact is not intended to impede <br /> <br /> <br />or prevent future beneficial development of the Arkansas River Basin in <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado and Kansas by Federal or State agencies, by private enterprise, <br /> <br /> <br />or by combinations thereof, which may involve construction of dams, res- <br /> <br /> <br />ervoirs, and other works for the purpose of water util~zation and control, <br /> <br /> <br />as well as the improved or prolonged functioning of existing works: <br /> <br /> <br />Provided, that the waters of the Arkansas River...shall not be materially <br /> <br /> <br />depleted in usable quantity or availability for use to the water users <br /> <br /> <br />in Colorado and Kansas under this Compact by such future development or <br /> <br /> <br />construction. II <br /> <br /> <br />29. Water utilization. - Storage facilities available to the irri- <br /> <br /> <br />gators in the project area are inadequate to provide any s~gnificant stor- <br /> <br /> <br />age or regulation of the erratic flows of the Purgato~re River. Conse- <br /> <br /> <br />quently, it has been the practice of the irrigators to divert from the <br /> <br /> <br />Purgatoire River to the extent of their diversion rights at all times when <br />