WSP11744

• File Number: 8111.805
• Description: Arkansas River Compact Administration - Keesee Ditch
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 1/1/1986
• Author: HRS Engineering
• Title: Keesee Ditch Change of Water Rights Vol 2 - Proposed Pan of Operation for Storage in John Martin Reservoir
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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Under conditions when the Keesee Ditch could take river flow in priority,
the releases from John Martin Reservoir would be reduced by the amount of
the Keesee Ditch depletion. This depletion amount would be determined as the
Keesee Ditch diversion rate minus the return flow obligation and the calculated
transi t losses.

The Keesee Ditch diversion rate will continue to be the decreed diversion

rates, to wit:

Priority Number 1
Priority Number 4
Priority Number 1918-4

9.00 cfs
4.50 cfs
15.00 cfs

Transit losses and return flow obligations will be charged against these rates
to determine the depletion rate. The amount of the depletion would be transferred
to the Keesee account simultaneously with a reduction in the reservoir outflow.
In order for diversions to be made under this condition, a special exemption to
the John Martin Reservoir operating plan may be required. Under the current
operating plan, Article ll-C specifies that inflows be released through the reservoir
without accumulating any storage under summer flow through conditions. Under
an exemption from this policy, no injury would occur to downstream water users,
since the river flow would only be reduced by an amount equivalent to the
historical Keesee Ditch depletion.

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Diversion Limitations

In order to insure that the future use of the water right will not exceed
the historical pattern of use, short-term and long-term limitations on diversions
will be imposed. Monthly and seasonal limitations are based on the monthly
and summer season historical maximums as listed in Table III. Long-term use
of the water rights will be limited to a ten-year running total of diversions, which
is based on the historical average annual diversion.

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