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<br />o c .. lJ7 2 <br /> <br />the .UI-A:aerican canal does not apply the land limitation provisions. A,.." <br /> <br /> <br />application of the sana prL~oiples that were then followed requires the exemp- <br /> <br /> <br />ti~ of t~e San Luis Valley project trom those provisions. <br /> <br />Pravisio~s of the Rio Gra~de Compaot (53 Stat. 785) preolude the de- <br /> <br /> <br />velopment of any new water by the Conejas projeot. Artiole III of this Compact <br /> <br /> <br />requires Colorado to nake water deliveries a.t the new Mexico state line in ac- <br /> <br /> <br />oord~'oe with a sohedule whiOh is based on water use in Colorado over a period <br /> <br />of years. Any enlarge;nent of cO:!l3w:lptive use in Colorado will rosult in an <br /> <br />inability to deliver water in accorda~oe with the schedule and hence would <br /> <br /> <br />violate the Compact. <br /> <br /> <br />The Platoro reservoir will have a oapaoity of 60.000 aore feet and will <br /> <br /> <br />permit an a.n.."lual average re-regulation of about 471000 a.ore feet. This anounb <br /> <br /> <br />to but sli~htly more than 0.5 a.ore foot per aore or less than one-fifth of the <br /> <br /> <br />average annual ideal diversion de~d peT acre. S~ch ~ount of water consti- <br /> <br /> <br />tutes a full supply for onl~ about 161000 acres of land. The success of the <br /> <br />projeot de~ends upon the cooperati~~ of the water users to forego diversions <br /> <br />during perioC;s of high nUl-off in order tltat the water may be stored for use <br />when ~tre~~ flows are low. <br /> <br />TlIL DISTRICT <br /> <br />The Conejas Water Conserva~oy Di~triot was organiLed by court decree <br /> <br /> <br />entered on September 30, 1940 pursuant to the provisions of Cbapter 266 of the <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado Session Laws, 1937- The purpose of such org~~i~ation was to create <br /> <br /> <br />an e~ti~ which could contract with the United Jtates Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br /> <br />The Jistriot includes 116,310 acres of landl all ~~ Canojos County, Colorado. <br /> <br /> <br />The :>istriot is l;over::1ed by a board of savon directors. <br /> <br /> <br />The Distriot is of the sane type as, and is oreated u..~der the sa:n.e law <br /> <br />- 3 - <br />