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<br />12 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.,~. <br /> <br />w <br /> <br />36 miles in length and delivers waters for distribution <br /> <br />~ among the reservoirs of the system. Bell estimated <br />N <br /> <br />that during the 20-year period from November 1, 1949 <br /> <br />to October 31, 1969 the recovery ratio (ratio of the <br /> <br />amount of water delivered to main canal and available <br /> <br />for use as irrigation water to the total amount <br /> <br />diverted into the Kickingbird Canal) was only about 26 <br /> <br />percent because of large transportation losses and <br /> <br />large amounts of unusable storage capacity in the res- <br /> <br />ervoirs. He recommended that during November through <br /> <br />March waters that normally would be diverted for storage <br /> <br />in the Great Plains system not be diverted at the Fort <br /> <br />Lyon headgate and be allowed to enter John Martin Res- <br /> <br />ervoir. The Amity Canal would receive about equal <br /> <br />amounts of water in either case because it receives a <br /> <br />fraction of the total waters entering John Martin Res- <br /> <br />ervoir that is equivalent to the fraction of the diver- <br /> <br />sions to the Great Plains system that can be recovered <br /> <br />and used for irrigation. Thus, most of the water that <br /> <br />was normally lOst as evaporation and seepage would <br /> <br />become available to other irrigators. This would also <br /> <br />benefit irrigators upstream from John Martin Reservoir <br />