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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I above the Amity and in river segments between the Keesee and Amity headgates, between the Lamar and X-V headgates, and between the X-V and Buffalo headgates. LAWMA's Article II Account water can be used to help achieve a balance between the well depletions and the replacement water. Table 8 shows that an average of 3,145 acre-feet annually would be available to LAWMA from these sources. An average of 349 acre-feet of this water is committed to Colorado Beef and perhaps 10 percent of it would be lost through evaporation and transit losses, leaving approximately 2.481 acre-feat available for augmentation purposes. To replace the well depletions that occur above the Amity headgate, 749 acre-feet would be released to the Arkansas River. This release would be made at a uniform rate of approximately 1.76 cfs during the entire April-through-October period. To replace well depletion in the drains to the Amity, an additional 555 acre-feet would be transferred from LAWMA's account into the Amity's account. The return flow from these two releases should be sufficient to replace the relatively small shortage that existed in the river segment between the Amity and Lamar headgates. Remember here also that the Lamar Canal and the other canals upstream from the Lamar Canal headgate receive a benefit from the Lamar Power Plant cooling water. Additional water would be released to the river when the Buffalo Canal is calling. This water would be limited to either 8.71 cfs or to the amount required to fill out the Buffalo decree, whichever is less. Assuming that an additional 1,000 acre-feet are needed for delivery to the Buffalo Canal, the total draft against LAWMA's account water would be 2,968 acre-feet, which would leave approximately 177 acre-feet of account water for delivery to Kansas. The remaining LAWMA sources -- the direct flow components of the X-V and Stubbs water rights, LAWMA Article II Account water, and any annual water purchases -- would be applied to replace depletion to usable Stateline flow. It probably would be necessary to measure the water available under the direct flow components of the XcV and Stubbs water rights. This could be done using the gaging station on the Arkansas River at Granada since most of the water at Granada plus an increment of additional gain below Granada would be available to LAWMA under the two water rights. The Kansas H-I Model would be used to calculate the depletions to usable Stateline flow that remain after LAWMA's deliveries of replacement water are considered. 29