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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />State of Colorado participation in the GASP reregulation project. <br /> <br />Page. 3 <br /> <br />Notice that the junior decrees are not allowed to divert until line 12 where the state line <br />flows have actually reached 145.6 cfs (120 + 2S.6). The native flows have reached 120 <br />cfs and the wells cease to replace and the juniors begin to divert. The recovery account <br />remains whole through all of Example #2. As flows decline, the wells begin to replace and <br />the juniors cease to divert in line 17. <br /> <br />Notice that all of the Recovery water is tagged as Export water with the appropriate $50 <br />per acre foot being tabulated in the Export Cost. However this method is in violation of <br />the Export statute because the water crossing the state line is not being accounted to the <br />Compact as is necessary in CRS 37.81.103. <br /> <br />This does not appear to be a workable plan. <br /> <br />Example #3 is an illustration of a possible solution to the problem <br /> <br />Notice that there are two new columns added to Example #3; I) is Reservoir Recoverv <br />and 2) is Reservoir Inflow. It is the same reservoir being used to reregulate the Tamarack <br />flows when necessary. <br /> <br />There is also a new math problem associated with this example. The two new columns <br />need to be added into the equation. Row I illustrates that the new equation now is Native <br />Flow + Reservoir Well + Reservoir Recovery + Tamarack Recovery - Reservoir Inflow- <br />Junior Diversions = State line flow (68 + 6.4 + 20 + 25.6 - 0 - 0 = 120). Nebraska is <br />notified that the Recovery account on this day is 4S.6 cfs (20 cfs from the reservoir + <br />2S.6 cfs from Tamarack) <br /> <br />Line 7 illustrates a change. Notice that as the native flows increase from lines I through 7 <br />that the Recovery account diminishes until it begins to drop below the 2S. 6 cfs which is <br />being generated by Tamarack. The reason for this is that the Reservoir inflow account <br />begins to pick up that portion of the Tamarack flows which would have driven the state <br />line above 120 cfs. As the native flows increase, the Reservoir inflow account increases <br />until it is diverting the entire Tamarack flow in line 12. <br /> <br />Notice that the Reservoir never diverts more than the Tamarack flows. In line 12 the river <br />has reached its natural state in which the juniors would and should be able to begin to <br />divert. The math is 123 + 0 + 0 + 25.6 - 25.6 - 3 = 120) <br /> <br />The juniors continue to divert until line 17 when the operation begins to reverse itself as <br />the native flows continue to drop. In line 22 the wells begin to replace again and in line 24 <br />the reservoir begins to release recovery water again. <br /> <br />Notice that the state line flow and the Compact account remain at 120 cfs during this <br />entire example. If this condition could be maintained it would have the potential to do <br />several things: <br />