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(1) Direct flow diversions shall be so administered that, in time of shortage, the curtailment of use on <br />each acre of land irrigated thereunder shall be as nearly equal as may be possible in both of the states. <br />(2) The storage of water by projects located in either state, whether of supplemental supply or of <br />water used to irrigate land not irrigated at the date of the signing of this compact, shall be so administered <br />that in times of water shortage the curtailment of storage of water available for each acre of land irrigated <br />thereunder shall be as nearly equal as may be possible in both states. <br />(c) Water users under the apportionment made by this article shall be in accordance with the <br />principle that beneficial use shall be the basis, measure and limit of the right to use. <br />(d) The states of Colorado and Wyoming each assent to diversions and storage of water in one state <br />for use in the other state, subject to compliance with article IX of this compact. <br />(e) In the event of the importation of water to the Little Snake river basin from any other river basin, <br />the state making the importation shall have the exclusive use of such imported water unless by written <br />agreement, made by the representatives of the states of Colorado and Wyoming on the commission, it is <br />otherwise provided. <br />(f) Water use projects initiated after the signing of this compact, to the greatest extent possible, shall <br />permit the full use within the basin in the most feasible manner of the waters of the Little Snake river and its <br />tributaries, without regard to the state line; and, so far as is practicable, shall result in an equal division <br />between the states of the use of water not used under rights existing prior to the signing of this compact. <br />(g) All consumptive use of the waters of the Little Snake river and its tributaries shall be charged <br />under the apportionment of article III hereof to the state in which the use is made; provided, that <br />consumptive use incident to the diversion, impounding or conveyance of water in one state for use in the <br />other shall be charged to the latter state. <br />Article XII <br />Subject to the provisions of this compact, the consumptive use of the waters of Henry's fork, a <br />tributary of Green river originating in the state of Utah and flowing into the state of Wyoming and thence <br />into the Green river in the state of Utah; Beaver creek, originating in the state of Utah and flowing into <br />Henry's fork in the state of Wyoming; Burnt fork, a tributary of Henry's fork, originating in the state of Utah <br />and flowing into Henry's fork in the state of Wyoming; Birch creek, a tributary. of Henry's fork originating in <br />the state of Utah and flowing into Henry's fork in the state of Wyoming; and Sheep creek, a tributary of <br />Green river in the state of Utah and their tributaries, are hereby apportioned between the states of Utah and <br />Wyoming in such quantities as will result from the application of the following principles and procedures: <br />(a) Waters used under rights existing prior to the signing of this compact. <br />Waters diverted from Henry's fork, Beaver creek, Burnt fork, Birch creek and their tributaries, shall <br />be administered without regard to the state line on the basis of an interstate priority schedule to be prepared <br />by the states affected and approved by the commission in conformity with the actual priority of right of use, <br />the water requirements of the land irrigated and the acreage irrigated in connection therewith. <br />(b) Waters used under rights from Henry's fork, Beaver creek, Burnt fork, Birch creek and their <br />tributaries, initiated after the signing of this compact shall be divided fifty per cent to the state of Wyoming <br />and fifty per cent to the state of Utah and each state may use said waters as and where it deems advisable. <br />(c) The state of Wyoming assents to the exclusive use by the state of Utah of the water of Sheep <br />creek, except that the lands, if any, presently irrigated in the state of Wyoming from the water of Sheep creek <br />shall be supplied with water from Sheep creek in order of priority and in such quantities as are in conformity <br />with the laws of the state of Utah. <br />(d) In the event of the importation of water to Henry's fork, or any of its tributaries, from any other <br />river basin, the state making the importation shall have the exclusive use of such imported water unless by <br />written agreement made by the representatives of the states of Utah and Wyoming on the commission, it is <br />otherwise provided. <br />(e) All consumptive use of waters of Henry's fork, Beaver creek, Burnt fork, Birch creek, Sheep <br />creek, and their tributaries shall be charged under the apportionment of article III hereof to the state in which <br />