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C) River flow was usually released from the reservoir along with conservation pool releases. In making Chart VI, the daily release demand was subtracted from the daily reservoir outflow giving an estimate of river flow. This was then averaged for the event. When the total outflow was less than the average combined release demands, river flow was considered to be zero. River flow ranged from 0 to 2, year cfs. There is no correlation between river flow and reservoir content. River flow was used to assest delivery of Kansas' water to the state line as well as for irrigation purposes by district 67 (through decreed priorities). ..... U1 c.n .;.. 5~mmary and Hecommendations. PRELUHNARY Based on the preceeding analysis the following recommendations ~re m~de for the transfer of water into accounts. .-. 1) The large standard deviations for all the means refect the wide scope in daily release demands. When standard deviations ~lrc tl)is large tJle means loose their statistical significance. Therefore, it is suggested that the medians or the modes be used as transfer rates. 2) The median for the combined release of winter storage water was 882 cfs; the mean was below this: 790 cfs with a 34% standard deviation. There were some very low demands that lowered the mean and increasec the standard deviation. Therefore, it is suggested that the median of 900 cfs be used as a transfer rate. The mode was 1000 cfs representing 16% of these rates) and, as was already pointed out, 50% of the time the reservoir was drained at a rate exceeding 900 cfs. 50, a higher transfer rate may be preferred. 3) The transfer of conservation pool water into accounts during the summer storage period should begin within 24 hours of the commencement of storage, unless there is heavy precipi- tation in the area that would normally delay the need for water. In this instance transfer should begin whenever District 67 and Kansas request water. - 4) The combined transfer should be at the historic median or greater. The median of the combined release rates was 820 cfs but the median of Colorado alone was 500 cfs and of Kansas alone 400 cfs~ Water was called at the maximum rate of 1000 cfs 27% of the time. The discrepancy between these two combined medians (820 cfs vs. ,900 cfs) are probably caused by Kansas' failure to call for water whenever Colorado did. In either case, the combined transfer was not at 1000 cfs, the maximum permissable rate. The parties involved might decide on a transfer rate between 820 & 900 cfs.