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13 <br /> 1J <br /> 0 <br /> 0 <br /> C-) <br /> m <br /> posed to "natural, " primarily because of the use of natural <br /> flow in other oases, like the North Platte case. Where the <br /> term "natural flow" appears in the decree or is used by wit- Z <br /> neeses and oy the special Master to distinguish it from the <br /> reservoir water of the Federal project, the Pathfinder North = <br /> Platte project, that was the occasion of that suit, the in- <br /> ability of the two states of Nebraska and Wyoming and the <br /> Federal Bureau of Reclamation to agree upon how much of the <br /> water flowing in the North Platte River at Whalen from the <br /> point of diversion had been let out of their reservoir and <br /> how much was what they call natural flow, as distinguished <br /> from reservoir water; and I was a little fearful that if we <br /> want to use that word "natural flow" we would get complicated <br /> because of the use of it in other cases that I have parti- <br /> cipated in, local oases. - They use sometimes the word natural <br /> flow of a stream to di stinguish the water that was in the <br /> stream by reason of precipitation and runoff from the tribu.. <br /> tarry areas, as distinguished from the second-hand water that <br /> had formerly been diverted and was returned to the stream. <br /> In other words, the return flows were distinguished from <br /> natural flows, in those oases natural meaning the effect <br /> of precipitation and runoff in created stream flows and re- <br /> turn flows, being the effect of mankind to the diversion to <br /> the application of water, some of whioh is not consumed but <br /> it is returned to the stream. <br />