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<br />Then we take the minimum flows in the same manner. We average out the <br />minimum flows. So we come up with these two green lines as really <br />being a fluctuation of the river On an average monthly basis. You can <br />see it fluctuates considerably from a high up here of better than 1600 <br />second feet to a minimum low flow of about 800. or about half. This <br />gives us a pretty good picture then of the river pattern. Then the <br />average of the minimum and maximum flow we put in here in the red. So I <br />this represents the average flow for these months. Then we take the <br />recommended flows submitted to us by the Division of Wildlife. They <br />are shown here in blue. You can see that the recOllllllended flow is <br />considerably less in most cases than the average minimum flow. This <br />gives us a picture of whether or not we think the minimum flows will be <br />available. So here on the Crystal we have recommended a minimum flow <br />which is quite low during the winter months. then increases starting in <br />May. <br /> <br />Mr. Vandemoer: If you have appropriations. would you have another line? <br />Would you add another line in there, or what do you do about that? <br /> <br />Mr. Sparks: We show only the. actual recorded amounts. We could recon- <br />struct this to show the true virgin flow. In some cases we may have to <br />do that. On most of these you see around here there are virtually no <br />diversions. There are some out of the Crystal. although not too much <br />above this particular point. <br /> <br />Mr. Vandemoer: But you could run into streams where irrigation during <br />those summer months could pull that stream way down? <br /> <br />Mr. Sparks: This is right. In those cases where we think it is crit- <br />ical we will reconstruct the maximum flow to include the diversions. <br />And this will be the case in many streams. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: On that chart it looks like to me the minimum flow for <br />the winter months is almost exactly the minimum straight through.there. <br />Obviously. there is very little use for the water during those months. <br /> <br />Mr. Sparks: That is correct. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: But then when we get to the growing months, does that <br />minimum mean the minimum after the historical diversions have taken place? <br /> <br />Mr. Sparks: The minimum means that is what we are appropriating for <br />that stream. In this case in the Crystal that is 40 second feet at this <br />particular stretch of the river during the winter months and 80 second <br />feet during the summer months. That does not necessarily have any <br />reference to other decrees. In other words. we are asking for a decree <br />that we consider the minimum necessary to comply with the law. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: All right. then you have to reconstruct that summer <br />growing period in every place where the diversions might very well get <br />down to the minimum. <br /> <br />Mr. Fetcher: My question is directed to Larry and I am sure he is going <br />to answer it because immediately the question is raised, if we make <br />this appropriation. how does it affect the downstream rights? <br /> <br />-31- <br />