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<br />(a) The State of Colorado wi~l not cause the flow of the Yampa <br /> <br /> <br />water lS stored to releas(> said stored Water to the other State upon <br />i <br />! <br />demand. 1f either the Stale of Utah or !'he State of Wyoming shall <br /> <br />i <br />construct a reservoir in the other Stat~ for use in its own State. the <br />. i <br /> <br />. <br />water users of the State in which said facilIties are constructed may <br /> <br />purchase at cost a portion of the capaciity of sald reservoir sufficient <br />! <br />i <br />i <br />for the irrigation of their lands thereurder. <br />, <br />I <br />(g) In order to measure the fldw of water diverted. each <br />. <br /> <br />State shall cause suitable measuring d;evices to be constructed, <br /> <br />maintained and operated at or near thJ point of diversion into each <br />i <br />i <br />ditch. i <br />I <br />(h) The State Engineers of thel two States jointly shall ap,?oint <br /> <br />a Special Water Commissioner who s~all have authority to administer <br /> <br />the water in both States in accordancei with the terms of this Article. <br />. . <br />i <br />The salary and expenses of such Spec~al Water Commissioner shall <br />i <br />. <br />be paid, thirty percent by the State of iUtah and seventy percent by the <br />, <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />State of Wyoming. <br /> <br />i <br />ARTICLE ~I1l <br />. <br />i <br />Subject to the provisions of th~s Compact, the rights to the <br />! <br />consumptive use of the water of the Yiampa River, a tributary entering <br /> <br />the Green River in the State of Coior4do, are hereby apportioned be- <br />I <br /> <br />tween the States of Colorado and Uta~ in accordance with the follow- <br />i <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />ing principles: <br /> <br />River at the Maybell Gaging Station ~o be depleted below an aggregate <br />I <br />-zzJ <br />. <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />