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<br />5 <br />!) <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br /> <br />37-92-502. Orders as to waste, diversions, distribution <br /> <br />of water. <br /> <br />(2) Each division engineer shall order the total <br /> <br />3 or partial discontinuance of any diversion OF TRIBUTARY WATER <br />4 in his division to the extent THAT the water being diverted is <br /> <br />not necessary for application to a beneficial use; and he <br /> <br /> <br />shall also order the total or partial discontinuance of any <br /> <br /> <br />diversion in his division to the extent THAT the water being <br /> <br /> <br />diverted is required by persons entitled to use water under <br /> <br /> <br />water rights having senior priorities, but no such <br /> <br /> <br />discontinuance shall be ordered antess--the--di~ersion--is <br /> <br />eaasing--or--witt--eaase--materiat-iniary-to-saeh-water-rights <br />ha~ing-senior-prioTities EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO <br />BRING ABOUT A FULL SUPPLY FOR SENIOR PRIORITIES. In making his <br /> <br />decision as to the discontinuance of a diversion to satisfy <br /> <br />15 senior priorities, the division engineer shall be governed by <br />16 the following: The materiatity--of--in;ary--depends--on-att <br />17 faetors-wh;eh-w;tt-determ;ne-;n-eaeh-ease-the-amoant-of--water <br /> <br />18 saeh---diseontinaanee--witt--make--a~aitabte--to--saeh--senior <br /> <br />19 pr;orit;es-at-the-time-and-ptaee-of-the;r-need7--Saeh--faetors <br /> <br /> <br />20 inetade--the current and prospective volumes of water in and <br /> <br /> <br />21 tributary to the stream from which the diversion is being <br /> <br /> <br />22 made; THE distance and type of stream bed between the <br /> <br /> <br />23 . diversion points; the various velocities of this water, both <br /> <br /> <br />24 surface and underground; the probable duration of the <br /> <br /> <br />25 available flow; and the predictable return flow to the <br /> <br /> <br />26 affected stream. Each diversion shall be evaluated and <br /> <br />-14- <br /> <br />90 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />c.. .-'1 <br />~1~~ <br />~ <br /> <br />~'M/;,;t$!li" :iJ <br />~~j <br />L"~ <br />~...J <br />~".:.,.: <br /> <br />~.. <br />. .. .. . <br />" <br /> <br />eJ""....1 <br />~"" ' '"l-' <br />, . <br />.'"",-,:,- <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />- -~- - ~ - -- -------------- <br />