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<br />" <br /> <br />Qf the river. It ..as ascertained that an adc.liti onal. annua~ <br />etorage and application of 25,000 to 35,000 aere feet of water <br />would oe adequate to care for a11 probable future ex~ansion of <br />irriga~ion in ~atur District 54_ gy diversions made from t~at portion <br />of the rivero. <br />TIuring the months of low !law the Colorado c~~~ls are <br />justly entitled to practically all of the aater a7ailaole for <br />diversion in bath sectiooa of the stream. During peria~s cf high <br />flaw the~e i3 wa~Qr enough fer all a?proyriatora in both Dtatsa. <br />During tile i nt.arval inter"'1ening between the high flol~ and the ex- <br />treme lo~ flow a~rua regulation of diversions by canals in tiater <br />District 64 ",ill be required to paea 1:::0 second feet of' wat~r <br />across t.he interatate line foruae in Nebraska. But tl'"...i.s inter- <br />val is of short duration and the a.d.juatmant of di vo.:raions 01 <br />th~ .atar officials will ha~ little effect u)on diversions in <br />Colorado. The increaoe ot flow at the state line will ~lttm~t.ll <br />remove all necessity for regulationo <br />The co~pact ~a8 prepared during the ninter o~ 1922- <br />19~~o Se~eral dzafta ~ere made and submitted for suggestion ~~d <br />crt tiei SJIll 'by the Atl.Qrney Genenl of each Sta. ts and by the en~i- <br />neers. sater-supply 6~yerts and attorneys fo= t~e canal co~panie. <br />in oot~ states. ~fter final appro7al, the co~~~~t ~as si~ned <br />at Lincoln. ~eb~as~, A~ril 27, 19~3, by the CQL~isaioners~ It <br />waa then ~uJmitted to the NebrQska Legi31ature by Bpacial ~es~ge <br />of Go'V,ernor Bryan and wa.s ap'proYed~ !t will 'become effective u-pon <br />approva.l by tlle Gent3ral Assembly ot the state of Colora.do a.nd the <br />CQngras8 of tnd United StatsE. <br />