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<br />~.! <br /> <br />(:':) <br /> <br />,-.") <br /> <br />N <br />CJ1 <br />CJl <br />~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />_-=:.i_ <br /> <br />01- <br />.' <br />...l .< <br />fY' ~I , <br />-,j' / <br />,~ / <br />t:~J"/ <br />/ <br /> <br />MEMOI June 12. 19li3 <br /> <br />ReI <br /> <br />ARKANSAS RIVER AIm CADDClA RESERVOIR OPI;RATIOlW <br /> <br />1. AI indioated by the lI;l;taobed tabulation there _s 15.371 A. I'. of <br />_ter 1n storace in Caddoa Reservoir as of Juns 1. 1943. of which 11.327 <br />J..F. thereof nre oredited to Kansas and 4.011 A.F. to Colorado. aocording <br />to our f'1gures md metllOds of IlOOounting. <br /> <br />2. On or shout May 29. 1910 State hnr;1neer 1l1nderlider instl"Uoted <br />Division Ent;1neor Beaoh to aclJn1n1eter the river OIl the priority bash. al <br />thouGh thfl Itored '!'Iatel"ll to Colorado'l oredit had been exlJweted. SUoh <br />orders may have been just1fied by reasClll of the uncertainties that "IIllre <br />reoor:n1zed with relpeot tol (1) the rooentlyreviled arell-oapaaity table. <br />IIlld (2) methods of aooClUntinr;. Illtir.t'aotory to Kansas. 1ncident to cmar- <br />deliveries to Kansas during Apr1l and rJB.Y en the sto.tus quo aooount md to <br />the nddi tional d1verui CDS made by di tobes in Colorado up8treom fran Caddoa. <br /> <br />3. It was our underuta.nding that. when the pr10r1 ty bade of admini.... <br />tration ......s employed. ordeu would be issued to permit 433 ofs. to pass La <br />Junta. whioh quanti ty to~thBr wi. th ths 62 ofs. of r1 ver ~n, would flllt1uf'y <br />'l:he J.e5 ofa. of dOwns1::reampr10rities thsn ent1tled to make d1versions under <br />thB prevailing stage of ~t;roP.m flows and _ter In1pplieu. <br /> <br />La lA1ring June 1-10 the di'l:oh!le shove La Junta mve been limited to <br />BUch divers10ns as would pennit of flows pauing La Junts. rllIll'm!; fran 470 <br />'l:o 858 ofs. IlIld averaGing 671 ofs. during tt.. lo-day period. In acre-foot <br />unite. there _lI 13.540 A. F. nllowed to pass La Jlmtll., to provide for the <br />diverll10Ds of Colorado c11 tohlls below La Junta wqhj,oh. in the lo-day period, <br />aG(;I"8c;ated 11.072 ;,. F. <br /> <br />5- V9.l"iouc oamplaints have been rooeived from ir:-i;;c.tion interests <br />above 1A Junta. to the ef'.fect that upstream prior1'l:186 are being llm1ted <br />in ordor to store _ter 1n Caddoa roservoir. or to mab deliver1es to ii:snsns. <br />Dr to permit of diversions below CaddOll. under priorities junior to those up- <br />strellJlj that were be1ng denied the riGht of IIlivers1cm. Following cCIlIments <br />relative to the period June 1-10. 1943. ma~' outline same of the problens end <br />diffiClUlt1es. <br /> <br />6. 1Alr1nL; JlmO 1-10. 1943. inflows to Cflddoa :,eservoir were reported <br />at 10,530 J..i'. (10.520 A.F. via ArL'lUllla.~ River at lAs An1ma&. BIld 10 A.P. <br />via Pur,;at01re Ri..er). Outflows 0:- releases from tt.. reservoir were reported <br />lit 10.520 A. F. Thus Vlith inflav/8 Il.."ld cutflOl'l8 about equal, one would expoot <br />