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<br />11 <br /> <br />....,. <br />oo' <br /> <br />a <br />., <br />W <br />c:..l <br /> <br />During 11 of the 23 years, the conservation pool was <br /> <br />~ <br />~ empty by the end of April; and, during 14 of the 23 <br /> <br />years, it was empty by the end of May. Since the irri- <br /> <br />gation requirements are greatest during the months of <br /> <br />June, July, and August and smallest during April, the <br /> <br />irrigators are using most of their storage during the <br /> <br />months when the requirements are lowest. <br /> <br />It seems that <br /> <br />after one irrigator demands a release of stored water <br /> <br />the others generally follow to insure that they receive <br /> <br />their rightful shares, and the storage is rapidly <br /> <br />depleted. <br /> <br />The Great Plains reservoir system provides storage <br /> <br />of waters for shareholders of the Amity Mutual Irriga- <br /> <br />tion Company, and it is a considerable water waster as <br /> <br />shown in a study by F. M. Bell.4 It consists of four <br /> <br />reservoirs, which are located in an area centered <br /> <br />approximately 15 miles north of Lamar, Colorado, as <br /> <br />shown on the map in the attached pocket. Waters are <br /> <br />diverted at the Fort Lyon Canal headgate and transported <br /> <br />approximately 42 miles to a bifurcation structure, where <br /> <br />the waters for the Great Plains system are diverted into <br /> <br />the Kickingbird Canal. The Kickingbird Canal is about <br />