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<br />.~ <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />.., <br /> <br />N <br />'CJ1 <br />w <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />-,.---~, <br />.' <br /> <br />'I <br />.~-- <br /> <br />l1i:I101 !lay 24. 194; <br /> <br />For. l'l. C. Hinderllder. state EnbineerJ <br /> <br />Franl C. 1.. Pattersem. Chiet Engineer. <br />Colorado Water Conaervntian BOBl'dJ <br /> <br />Rei Arlamllall River and Caddoa Reservoir Operationc <br /> <br />1. All or !lay 22. 1943 there wns 16.892 acre-f'eet ot "ateI' in lItorage <br />available for relealle tram Caddoa Reservoir. aooording to our re- <br />v:lIIed area-oapacity table. <br /> <br />2. Charges against Colorado by re8JlOl1 of' add1 tional diversions made <br />by di tOMs upstreilm. during the period -ApI'U 1 to tlay 21. 1910. <br />haft resulted in an ao...".nl..ted oredit to Kansas of' 8.068 AF.. all <br />ind10nted by the attached table. <br /> <br />;. At current ra.tell. 'Il1:th Ufiowa appro::d.JnatUlg 35 o1's. and releases <br />avera&ing 375 era.. storage will dlloliJle at II. rate of about 680 <br />AF/ds.YJ and with Purgatoire innOll' serl! and La Junta noms avera!':"' <br />ing about 53 ofs.. charges against Colorado end aredi ts to Kansall <br />are mar_sing at the rate of' about 7(JJ AF/day. <br /> <br />4. Unless ccnditiona a~ changed by pla.1n1l rainfo.ll and runoff' in the <br />mellllt1me. the charges aoiJ.nst Colorado vdll have increased. and <br />reservoir storage will have decliDed. in a period of' about 6 days. _ <br />i.e. by Hay 27th, - to a value appro:rlmating 12.700 AF., at whiob <br />time the storage IIUpply to Colorado's credit 'lI1l1 have been ex- <br />Iuwsted. and.all the _tel' r_ining in the reservoir must be re- <br />aerved for Klln1I8JI and released "hen Bnd as requested. <br /> <br />5- When the above IIlllntianed status is reached. the administratillll of' <br />water rights along the river will revert to the priority basis. and <br />will be the same as though Co.ddoa reservoir had not been ocnlltMlcted <br />or -.s empty. e%Oept that it will be neoessary thereai'ter, until <br />mother Sl>.pply e.coumulatea to Colorado's credit. to :iJIlpose l1mita- <br />tians on the diversions made by doftllltream ditches in order to prevent <br />depletians of the waters releosed to Kansas. <br />