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<br />" <br /> <br />-, <br />") <br /> <br />-e' <br /> <br />~:~1 <br /> <br />~ <br />fJ1 <br />.. <br />QQ <br /> <br />e: <br /> <br />e.f~ <br /> <br />Mr. Geo. S. It.Ilapp - f <br /> <br />6-:-4f. <br /> <br />able to what 10u f~el should be considered ae anticipated "Surplus". <br /> <br />Pursuant to your recent request I am elso enclosing e t,bul~tion of <br />di.,.ers1on8 by ditches abewe the reselToir and the daily amounts 1I'nich ",ir.ht <br />be considered as excess or addit10llal diversions. It will be noted th~t the <br />results of the~e .exceSE diverslone" are pr..dic~,ted upon t:le conclWlion that <br />but ~BO Becond feet were required to meet the demand~ of ~nior priorities <br />belall' the r..selTDir. In other 1<OrGf., the total BIIIOuot or upBtreG diYer- <br />eionB each day Qy junior decree., should be reduced by 580. 6econd feet to <br />arrive at the aaouot or the "excess" upstrelUll diverllions.' . \',ben up~treUl <br />diverslons do not 8JIlOunt to MO second feet, theD,.J;he act.'Uil ~ouot ~.hich <br />each ditch did divert., would have had to P"BB tcr'-t.Aii:01ier.rivtlr to s..tief'y senior <br />priorities below Caddoa hellerroir so long 65 no 'I'flter 16 bai!l(; contributed by <br />trlbutaries below Las .Ani.as. /-.~'.. "'.'\ <br />. / /---..., \ <br />My tentati.,.e oonclusions &8 ,'ze;.."tot.al ~8xC"S6 dlveraionr" by upstream <br />ditchee during AprU and !tay, togethaz'Jlith tot6.l/del1verie6 at tile ~ste l1n6, <br />. ( .. . <br />. portion of which I beU89'e .might properly be. considered chm-geable aE "nce..,." <br />/ . <br />usee by Kaneas ditches.. ue t.hat. the UP~~,aIl/.exce6s diversions" amounted t.o . <br />. 3442 ecre feet ill AprU and 15,4.400 acre f1"it.(in May, or a t.otal of 16;802 scre <br />teet; that. diversions by Col<l~~hes~ow Caddoa for t.he BaBe period <br />lImOllDted to 44,176 acre fellt.l"'end th8.l. ''(isliTin:h,s to KanSbB aaount.ed to 24,590 <br /> <br />acre feet. ( ( \\ v <br /> <br />My coaputation.., .ho'l' that B\lcb so-called -excess l1jvere1ons" ~_bove <br />Caddoa MseIVoir. ..ere 1ll ~'ll.I>De of tJle.' lIlIlount of' 'IJa.ter in stor"ce in tile r'3ser- <br />voir on the IIOrnitlji.::Q?:':i'June 'ltlt...i T.l):J--i5,269 acre feet, in t.he aJRouot of 204 <br />acre feet. // <br />, ' <br />i / h <br />0r1 the a~ernook \ o~ Iby 2Bt.h, I telephoned 1Ar. Beach 1".0 hold all <br />store.ge in th~ \reseIToir until further notice, and to stE.rl aciJniniJ!tering tbe <br />riTer accord1.ng...to decre.ed/pr10ritiell. illcluding the aaollIlt. Dr wat.er necesse.ry <br />t.o make request..,q"~e:ries at the etate line. <br />-----..-- <br /> <br />'lhe A.V.D. rej)Ort diBcloseB the.t increue in the rlow of t.ne river at. <br />Pueblo on Vay 29th, permitted sOl!le of these upEtrS/Ul aitches to proper!.v divert. <br />additional aaounts of water under their junior priorities, upon a priorit~ <br />bAaia of anmlft1Rtration or the riTer, and, hence the additional diversionJ! by such <br />upstrelUll ditC3GS .for a part of "~y roth, and all Dr liay Hl!!t, under their prio:ri- <br />ties junior to tue AI11ty's tir"t prl.)rlty, should not he charged t.o "exce8S diver- <br />slonel!. <br /> <br />Th~re are attach9d baJ!ic data upon .bich the above conclusions are <br />predicated. <br />