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<br />1- <br /> <br />,!-: <br /> <br />REPUBLICAN RIVER COMPACT <br />December 31, 1942 <br /> <br />Signatory States: Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska <br /> <br />Colorado Commissioner: State Engineer <br /> <br />M:\jor Purposes: <br />I. Provide for most efficient use of water for multiple purposes (Art.!I) <br /> <br />2. Remove all present and future controversy (Art, I) <br /> <br />3. Promote interstate comity (Art. I) <br /> <br />'il <br /> <br />4. Recognize that the most efficient utilization of waters in the basin i~ for beneficial consumptive <br />use (Art. I) j <br /> <br />5. Promote joint action between the U.S. and the states in the efficien~use of water and in the <br />control of floods (Art. I) i <br /> <br />Salient Provisions: <br /> <br />~' <br /> <br />I. Allocation of waters are based on a computation of average, annualfvirgin water supply in the <br />respective streams. (Art. III) <br /> <br />2. Colorado is allocated the beneficial use of the following waters on #J annual basis: <br />North Fork of the Republican 'I 10,000 acre-feet <br />Arikaree River "15,400 acre-feet <br />South Fork of the Republican 25,400 acre-feet <br />Beaver Creek 3.300 acre-feet <br />Total 54,100 acre-feet <br /> <br />plus the entire supply of Frenchman Creek and Red Willow cteek in Colorado. (Art. IV) <br /> <br />3. Kansas is allocated on an annual basis 190,300 acre-feet of beneficijil consumptive use and <br />Nebraska 234,500 acre-feet. (Art. IV) :;, <br /> <br />4. No provision is made for any debit or credit system, but provisions[are made for readjustment of <br />historical, annual virgin flows should they vary more than 10% fro~ those set forth in the <br />Compact. Reallocations can be made on these readjusted flows. (1rt. III) <br /> <br />:r <br /> <br />10 <br />