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<br /> <br />::;~.f" <br />r;- <br /> <br />With diminishing storage oapaoities due to progressive siltation. <br /> <br />suoh spills will inorease in frequenoy and amount. Henoe the oonservation be- <br /> <br />nefits of the Oaddoa projeot will deoline with age. and ultimately, after the <br /> <br />'useful life of the irrigation pool, will disappear. Then oonditions alang <br /> <br />the river will revert to those whioh prevailed during pre-Caddoa years, unless <br /> <br />replaoement storage oapaoity, of equal effeotiveness, is oonstructed in the <br /> <br />meantime. <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />Q. In general, how will Oaddca reservoir affeot the Stateline flows <br /> <br />entering Kansas1 <br /> <br />A. Operated for its authorized purposes, Caddoa reservoir will af- <br /> <br />feot the state line flows, first, by decreasing the total and the unusable <br /> <br />flows; and seoond by inoreasing the usable supplies. <br /> <br />It is oontemplated that, as a result of increased diversions in <br /> <br />Oclorado (principally upstream in Districts 14 and 17) the oonsumption of wa- <br /> <br />ter will be inoreased, with oorresponding decreases in the total stream flows <br /> <br />at Oaddoa and the State line; and. by conserving some of the unusable flows <br /> <br />fcrmerly entering Kansas and passing Garden City, the usable supplies in Kan- <br /> <br />sas will be inoreased, under the Patterson plan, in the same proportions as <br /> <br />those in Colorado are increased by, operations of the, Caddoa project. <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />Q. Other then suoh proportionate inorease in usable State line flows. <br /> <br />will the irrigation interests of Kansas receive any otmr benefit from Caddoa <br /> <br />reservoir operations' <br /> <br />A. Yes. Exclusive of the flood damage prevention benefits of the <br /> <br />projeot. whioh will aocrue to the owners of lands and property along the river <br /> <br />channel downstream from Caddoa in both State~! the irrigation interests of <br /> <br /> <br />Kansas will benefit. in addition to the proportionately increased usable sup- <br /> <br />plies, by improved regulation of previously used streamflows. Under the <br /> <br />(5) <br />