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<br />I <br /> <br />003J78 <br /> <br />M.~,-' ~1 ~.( i 3 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />For purposes of compact administration and determining the quantity of <br /> <br /> <br />apportioned water on any given date, the accord sets forth a specific <br /> <br /> <br />procedure. The formula requires addition of the following: (1) The quantity <br /> <br /> <br />of water in acre-feet that passed the Wyomi ng-South Dakota state 1 i ne duri ng <br /> <br /> <br />the period from January first of that year to that given date; and (2) the <br /> <br /> <br />quantity of water in acre-feet in storage on that date in all reservoirs built <br /> <br /> <br />in Wyoming on the Belle Fourche River subsequent to the date of the compact. <br /> <br />The Belle Fourche River flows through five node basins. For purposes of <br /> <br /> <br />this review, the point of diversion is the relevant basin. At Node <br /> <br /> <br />Basin 120203, located approximately at the Wyoming-South Dakota border, 90~ of <br /> <br /> <br />the unallocated flow of the Belle Fourche which existed in 1927 Is to be <br /> <br /> <br />delivered to the State of South Dakota. The remaining 10%. which flows through <br /> <br /> <br />Node Basins 120201 and 120203, is to be util ized by the State of Wyoming. <br /> <br />YELLOWSTONE COMPACT <br /> <br />Desiring to remove all causes of water allocation controversy respecting <br />the waters of the Yellowstone River and its tributaries, the states of Montana, <br />North Dakota, and Wyoming entered into a compact on December 8, 1950. <br />Appropriative rights for beneficial use of Yellowstone River system water <br />existing in the aforementioned states as of January 1, 1950, all continued in <br /> <br />accordance with the laws governing the acquisition and use of water under the <br /> <br />appropriation doctrine. <br /> <br />3 <br />