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<br />area, water rights and diversion information, diversion and use efficiencies, and return flow <br />1 schedules. <br /> <br />0 <br />H <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2.2.1.1 Inflows. Major tributary and main stem inflows were defined by historic and <br />synthesized gaging data. Ungaged inflows were computed at a unit area rate and related <br />to nearby gaging station records. All ungaged inflows for the- months August through <br />February of each year were set to zero. Figure 4 shows the gages, and historic and <br />synthesized periods of record used. <br />2.2.1.2 Water Rights. All Wyoming water rights on the main stem Little Snake River <br />below Little Snake near Slater, Colorado gaging station (9-2530), and on Savery Creek <br />below the Sandstone dam site were included in the WIRSOS input data. Colorado water <br />rights on Slater Creek and the Little Snake River to its confluence with the Yampa River <br />were also included in the model. Water rights included in the input are presented in <br />Appendix B. All water rights were modeled in accordance with the applicable state water <br />laws and the provisions of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. Under provisions <br />of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, water rights above the compact point (100 <br />feet below the confluence of Savery Creek and the Little Snake River) with priority dates <br />before October 11, 1948 "shall be administered without regard to rights covering the <br />diversion of water from any down-stream point" (State of Wyoming, 1982). This is <br />handled in the model by modifying applicable dates of rights above the compact point so <br />12 <br />