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<br />000853 <br /> <br />-35- <br /> <br />11. Summary (Con~'d) <br /> <br />oalculated charges a!>ainst Colorado are unduly increased by the proced- <br /> <br /> <br />ure of selecting a governing priority date by trial-a.nd-error methods; <br /> <br /> <br />by a minor el'ror in the calculations due to i!;noring the contributions <br /> <br /> <br />of the Purgatoire River; by an unjustified assumption that aggregate <br /> <br /> <br />dowastream priorities are direotly comparable with actual diversions of <br /> <br /> <br />individual upstream ditchesl and by an inaccurate assumption. that the <br /> <br /> <br />times of travel via the river from upstream to downstream headgates <br /> <br /> <br />may be ignored, oombined with one-way calculations wherein so-called <br /> <br /> <br />exoess or out-of-priority diversions upstream are considered While simi- <br /> <br /> <br />lar under-diversions of other upstrenm ditches on the same day are ig- <br /> <br /> <br />nored, and wherein all oalculated under-deliveries to Caddoe. Reservoir <br /> <br /> <br />are considered While aver-deliveries calculated by the same formula on <br /> <br /> <br />other days are ignored. <br /> <br /> <br />(5) The charges against Colorado of 24.753 A.F.. as calculated <br /> <br /> <br />by the Knapp fa-mula. for April to July. w'>uld be reduced to 6.938 A,F. <br /> <br /> <br />under a modified plan based on determining the total river supply each <br /> <br /> <br />day and ccmparing the actual divi don thereof. betv.een the tv.o groups <br /> <br /> <br />of ditohes above and below Caddoa, with a theoretioal division accord- <br /> <br /> <br />ing to the deoreed rights of the two groups. <br /> <br /> <br />(6) Considering the status of interstate relations as of August <br /> <br /> <br />1, 1943, and reoognizing the fr',cts of an empty reservoir and of stream <br /> <br /> <br />flows at low stages. it is probable that, during the irrigation season <br /> <br /> <br />of 1943, Kansas will have reoeived its full quota, based on the agree- <br /> <br /> <br />ment between the two State Engineers which interpret~ the 1933 Stipula- <br />