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<br />A .tarting resertoir co.t..t 0'1 15,700 acre-1'..t 1'01' un <br />1n the irrigation operation atuq .. pn....te4 in table 21 .. <br />d.te1'll1ned trca a prellll1D1.r1 aaalya1. of operat10n ot tM <br />re"l'Yoir tor water yet&r 1957. 'lbe aaal7.is resulted 1n a <br />.torage content ot 15,700 acre-teet at tha end ot September 1957. <br />P.recip1 tation tor vater ,.ar 1924 uountecl to 11.17" ... <br />caa1*ft4 to 11.06 n tor vater ~ 1957. Stre&a discharge 0'1 <br />the l\lrgatolre RiYer at T11.a1da4 auuntec1 to 109,600 acre-teet <br />tor water year 1924 as ec:aparecl to U6, 'yJIJ &ere..teet tor water . <br />year 1957. SiDce the prectp1 tattoo &D4 .trMII 41.charge reco:rda <br />wre caap&r&ble tor w.ter 1MI'II 1924 aDd 1957, the est1ated <br />.tartiDg content 01' 15,100 acre-t..t appeared reuooabl. and <br /> <br />.. u.ed tor the startiag coat.ent tor the re..noir operation, <br />stuq. 'lb. operation atu47 vaa ccapleted tor the 33-year study <br /> <br />per10d 1925,,1957. VIU'1..tioa in nturD flows an4 irr1gatioa <br />rel.... betv... the prel1ll1aar;y aual.)'ala tor vater year 1957 <br />&Del operat1oa anal1al. tor water 1'1&1' 1957 accounts tor the <br />700 acre-toot 41ft.renc. in startillg ud eD.cl1aa coatents. <br />Since the tlow ..t Tr1n1dac1 in 1924-.. about 180 percent <br />ot "Terag., 1 t is rea.o_ble to beU... thare would haft bean. <br /> <br />coui4erable c&JT1OYW storage in tbe tall 01' 1924. '!'he inflow <br />to John Martin Re..rto1r 1n 1924 would bave beeA 166 percent <br />ot average. Theretore there vou.14 have beeD a negligible et1'ect <br />~~er - <br />on uable Arkau&sl":tlova b7 rtrtue ot the project acquiring <br />this .torage 111 1924. <br /> <br />":1 <br />I" . <br />