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d. It was his view that the improvement of flow at the state line would make the SPR Compact self-executing and protect the water rights in both states without regulation of Colorado water rights. Page 20. e. One of the chief reservoirs providing this benefit was North Sterling Reservoir. Letter to Colorado Governor Shoup, 4/14/1922, page 4. f. This conclusion was based on intensive engineering investigations of the river performed as the negotiations proceeded from 1918 to 1922. g. Nebraska's chief negotiator accepted this view. Letter to Colorado Governor Shoup, 4/14/1922, page 4. 4. If the wells don't fully replace in time, location and amount, they are interferine directlv with the concept underlyine the protection of District 64 in the SPR Compact. a. Return flows and seepage return to the SPR underground. b. Wells directly interfere with those returns by diverting them and reducing the water flows that guarantee District 64' s protection under the SPR Compact. c. Carpenter told M.C. Hinderlider that it made no difference what nature of diversion might diminish the 120 cfs - it had to be regulated. 5. Carpenter believed wholeheartedlv in applvine the priority system in Colorado. a. You may wish to read Dan Tyler's excellent history called "Silver Fox of the Rockies." Carpenter believed strict application of the priority system was the basis of Colorado's economic well-being. b. Take a look at his report to the Colorado General Assembly in 1911, page 2. c. The issues raised to this Task Force are not new; they are at least 100 years old. 6. The Task Force needs to protect the assurances 2iven District 64 users when the Compact was adopted by the State of Colorado. Do not allow well use to undermine the promises of the Compact to District 64 users. 2