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53 <br />1 <br />water in John Martin and the <br />Avondale <br />was down to <br />minimum flow. <br />2 <br />We had that happen last year. <br />We had <br />the City of <br />Pueblo <br />3 <br />curtailed in their diversion <br />while we <br />had water -- <br />John Martin <br />4 <br />closed. So we could go from <br />that extreme to any <br />other extreme. <br />5 <br />it is difficult to say exactly what a <br />number would be. <br />6 <br />MR. BENTRUP: <br />Well, say there's a <br />flood in the <br />7 1I Arkansas River above Pueblo Reservoir. Then, how would you <br />8 determine whether any of that would be available to John Martin <br />9 ®n what -- well, you have a lot of different things to figure. <br />10 What facts would you take into consideration? <br />11 MR. JESSE: You would have to consider the <br />12 conditions in between, who was in priority, whether or not they <br />13 were closed, the relative capacity of the ditches, and make <br />14 some consideration for the continuation of the peak, and it <br />15 would be quite a study to make, but -- <br />16 MR. GIBSON: Well, really, if you had no rain <br />17 below the reservoir and you have rain above it, it ought to <br />18 operate -- it should be just the same as if the reservoir <br />19 hadn't been there. <br />20 I'd restate the question this way, Bob: It is <br />21 not the intent that that reservoir be operated if there's a <br />22 flood upstream, if there's no rainfall, say, below the reservoi , <br />23 that that water should be passed downstream in the same manner <br />24 <br />as if that <br />structure had not <br />been built <br />except <br />to control any <br />25 <br />flooding, <br />excess flooding; is <br />that not <br />correct, <br />sir? <br />