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()02[)~~ Introduction . ANNUAL OPERATING PLAN - KANSAS RIVER PROJECTS 1965 OPERATIONS - 1966 OUTLOOK CHAPTER I - INTIlODUCTION PURPOSE OF THE REPORT In addition to describing the responsibilities of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers, this Annual Operating Plan advises water users, cooperating agencies, and other interested groups or persons of the actual operations during 1965 and serves as guide lines for the 1966 operations of the federally constructed and rehabilitated irrigation and storage facilities in the Republican, Solomon and Smoky Hill drainage areas in the Kansas River Projects area. OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES The Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for irrigation operations at all Federal reservoirs in the Kanaaa River Projects area. Where the Bureau of Reclamation is the constructing agency, it is responsible for the employment of operation and maintenance personnel, safety of the structure, and all other conservation functions not specifically associated with regulation of the flood control storage such as: recreation, fish and wildlife, municipsl and industrial, sanitation, and quality control. . The Corps of Engineers is responsible for regulstion of the flood control storage at all Federal reservoirs in the Kansas River Basin, and of the conservation functions other than irrigation at the dsms where they are the construction agency, Nehrasks, Colorado and Kansss are responsible for administration and enforcement of the laws of their respective States pertaining to the rights and priorities of all parties concerned with beneficial con- sumptive use of water. The Republican River Compact was authorized on August 4, 1942 by Public Law No. 696 which was enacted by the 77th Congress, The Compact was ratified by the States of Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska. This Annual Operating Plan is in accordance with the objectives of the Compact which are: To provide for the most efficient and multiple- purpose use of the waters of the Republican River Basin; to provide for an equitable division of such waters; to remove all causes, present and future, which might lead to controversies; to promote interstate comity; to recognize that the most efficient utilization of the waters within the Basin is for consumptive use; and to promote joint action by the States and the United States in the efficient use of water and the control of destructive floods. MAJOR FEATURES . The Kansas River Projects sre a part of the Missouri River Basin Project and include multipurpose reservoirs which provide storage 1