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<br />8 <br /> <br />,', <br /> <br />o <br />') <br />f.t,} <br /> <br />was made to negotiate a compact. During 1933 both <br /> <br />. .~ <br /> <br />~ states agreed to use their influence to obtain con- <br />Q:;l <br />struction of the Caddoa project, as the John Martin <br /> <br />project was known at the time. The supreme court's <br /> <br />decision in 1943 was again in favor of Colorado but <br /> <br />strongly suggested that the way to settle the contro- <br /> <br />versy was by interstate compact. Additional negotia- <br /> <br />tions from 1945 through 1948 and substantial completion <br /> <br />of John Martin Dam resulted in the compact commissioners <br /> <br />signing the Arkansas River Compact on December 14, 1948, <br /> <br />and the compact was ratified by both state legislatures <br /> <br />and approved by congress in 1949. <br /> <br />John Martin Reservoir is operated according to the <br /> <br />terms of the Arkansas River compact. The "compact <br /> <br />year," which begins on November 1 and ends the follow- <br /> <br />ing October 31, is divided into a "winter storage <br /> <br />period" from November 1 through March 31 and a "summer <br /> <br />storage period," or irrigation season, from April 1 <br /> <br />through October 31. During the winter storage period <br /> <br />all water entering the reservoir is stored except that <br /> <br />Colorado irrigators can demand releases equivalent to <br /> <br />river flow but not exceeding 100 cfs (cubic feet per <br />