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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br />o <br />W <br />~ legislation as it relates to the conflict between surface use and pump use. <br />0') <br />0'> The so- called Eckles Cash Register Plan or some variation thereof may <br /> <br />become a law. Another major factor that has recently developed is the <br /> <br />Army Engineers Flood Control and Channelization Project which as <br /> <br />presently designed stops at John Martin Dam. The Army proposes flood <br /> <br />control and water saving by combined projects which avoid Doods and result <br /> <br />in the r;alvage of approximately 40,000 acre feet of water now being con- <br /> <br />sumed by phreatophytes. The Corps is presentl.y working on a second phase <br /> <br />of this study on the Arkansas River subbasin between John Martin and <br /> <br />Grp.st Bend, Kansas, and comparable information will soon be available. <br /> <br />RETURN FLOW <br /> <br />The return flow in John Martin Dam from waters of the Fryingpan <br /> <br />Project will increase the supply of John Martin Dam an estimated 30, 000 <br /> <br />acre feet of water that has not previously existed. This plus the salvaged <br /> <br />water from the Army project could result in a new water supply of 70,000 <br /> <br />acre feet per year resulting from the Army and Reclamation Projects. <br /> <br />There is the possibility of construction of a dam at or near the state line <br /> <br />for the benefit of Kansas and the modification of use restrictions on John <br /> <br />Martin and changes in the Kansas - Colorado Compact acceptable to all <br /> <br />parties. Existing pumping at Lamar raises water to the surface, the return <br /> <br />flows from which are available on the Arkansas for the benefit of the area <br /> <br />downstream from Lamar and presumably in Kansas. <br /> <br />-6- <br />