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<br />facility in which to conserve it for future use, This Article and the
<br />Compact in general, also recognize that progressive siltation will occur in
<br />the Reservoir and it is so written that neither State will bear more than
<br />its proportionate share of such loss of storage capacity.
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<br />The general principle of this Compact is the division of the benefits
<br />of the reservoir storage on the basis of the maxiinum rates of flow, 750
<br />d,s, (cubic feet pet second) or 60% to Colorado and 500 c,f,s or 40%
<br />to Kansas, out of available storage water in: the Reservoir, with Colorado
<br />having the substantial advantage of using all accretions and return flow
<br />at the State line to make up Kansas' 40% share at the state line, In other
<br />words, if Kansas called for 500 c,f,s, of release of stored water and there
<br />was 250 c.f.s. of other water crossing the State line, then only a sufficient
<br />flow necessary to develop a flow of 500 c,f,s, need be released from the
<br />Reservoir. Thus, if each State continued to.call for their maximum releases
<br />at the same time, Colorado would always have the advantage of such
<br />return flow and accretions at the State line, which would result in the
<br />actual division of the water in the Reservoir being much more than 60%
<br />to Colorado and much less than 40% to Kansas,
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<br />The operation of the Reservoir is divided into two general periods,
<br />namely (I) winter storage from November 1st to March 31st, when all
<br />water entering the Reservoir shall be stored up to conservation capacity
<br />limit,. except that Colorado may call for up to 100 c,f,s, limited to the
<br />river flow entering the Reservoir,' for stock pond and other w~nter uses,
<br />and (2) summer storage from April 1st to October 31st, when all water
<br />entering the Reservoir up to conservation capacity limit shall be stored,
<br />, provided, however, that if volume of river flow is sufficient, Colorado can
<br />call for the release of the first 500 c,f,s, of such river flow and Kansas can
<br />call up for the release of water equivalent to that portion of such river
<br />flow between 500 c.f,s, and 750 c.f,s, whether Colorado calls for any
<br />or all of her 500 c.f,s, In other words, Colorado gets the first 500 c.f,s,
<br />but Kansas is limited to what river flow may be available in excess of
<br />Colorado's maximum, but in no event more than 250 c.f,s, In such cases
<br />Colorado again has the decided advantage of using the accretions and
<br />return flow at the State line to make. up Kansas' share of such river flow.
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<br />Releases of stored water, referred to above, are limited to the summer
<br />storage period, April 1st to October 31st, ' ,
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<br />Releases under the terms of the CompaGt, except wIien all Colorado
<br />water users are operating under decreed priorities, as hereinafter meol
<br />tioned, shall not impose any call on Colorado water users that divert
<br />from the riVer above the Reservoir, Releases of all kinds can be made by
<br />the states separately or concurrently, Beneficial use of released, waters
<br />is demanded and waste is prohibited, Allowance is made for intervals of
<br />time in the flow of released water, There shall be no allowance or accumu-
<br />lation of credits or debits for or against either State,
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<br />This Article further recognizes that when there is water in' storage
<br />in the Reservoir and available for use, Colorado shall hot administer
<br />diversions on a decreed priority basis, but that users above the Resetvoir
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