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<br />O~'(l." <br />J.:.o...O <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />.-.,.r <br /> <br />-46_ <br /> <br />(1ealing solely Hi th nater floninc; in C', sl',rfpce 8trenJn <br /> <br />c,nd that there i8 n0 ','n.y to f.1e0.DUre beneficial con- <br /> <br />sumptive use of Hater flo':inc; i~ a surface stream ex- <br /> <br />cept by the re3ultin~ depletion, <br /> <br />I further submit th~t article III (d) of the compact <br /> <br />shmrs that the ne:;otiators of the, corlpact used c~eplet1on <br /> <br />as the nea3ure of consumptive use, <br />I further snbLlit that the :aoulC,er Canyon Project Act, <br />the Callfornia Linitation Act, an~ the Arizona contract <br /> <br />oeasure consumptive uses by the resu~tinc; depletion of <br />the Colorado River, <br />The Arizona contract is in this record, <br /> <br />3, It is arGuec th~t reservoir ev~por1ltion losses are <br />char~eable solely to Arizona; t~at Californie bears <br />no part of them, <br />I submit that '.'!'len nater is stored in on-stream <br /> <br />reservoirs or off-stream reservolrs, it is 1n equity <br /> <br />diverted from the stream, and I further submit that equity <br /> <br /> <br />requires thet all ;Jartie:; benefi tin::: from stora~e of l'ater <br /> <br />Sh:lUl(1 bet\r ratably eVa;)oration losses causec1 by such <br /> <br />storage, <br /> <br />I further st~bmit that section 8 of the contract betl'Teen <br /> <br />the United. StLtes and the ;~etropolitan 'later cistrict of <br />Southern California is as follm-Ts: <br /> <br />I S:.::C, 8, So far as the rie;hts of the nllottees nDDed <br /> <br />above are concernec1, the "';etropolitan -rater District <br /> <br />of SOL,thern California and/or the City of Los Angeles <br />