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<br />South Platte River Basin <br /> <br />Virgin Production <br />Imported lVater <br />Consumptive Use <br />Remaining State Line Flow <br /> <br />1,600,000 <br />380,000 <br />1,640,000 <br />340,000 <br /> <br />Delivery requirements under the South Platte River compact <br />do not exceed 100,000 acre-feet per year. The State Line flow has <br />been more than adequate to comply with the compact provisions. <br /> <br />Arkansas River Basin <br /> <br />Virgin Production <br />Imported ,vater <br />Consumptive Use <br />Remaining State Line Flow <br /> <br />1,100,000 <br />68,000 <br />968,000 <br />200,000 <br /> <br />Demands by Kansas under the Arkansas River Compact have <br />averaged 50,000 acre-feet annually since the compact went into effect <br />in 1949. Kansas is entitled only to a portion of the winter flows, <br />plus a percentage of storage in John Martin Reservoir. <br /> <br />Rio Grande River Basin <br /> <br />Live Basin <br /> <br />virgin Production <br />Consumptive Use <br />Remaining State Line Flow <br /> <br />1,130,000 <br />870,000 <br />260,000 <br /> <br />Closed Basin <br /> <br />Local Water Production <br />Consumptive Use <br /> <br />270,000 <br />270,000 <br /> <br />The waters of the Rio Grande River are subject to the terms <br />of the Rio Grande River Compact. In recent years Colorado has not <br />been able to meet its commitment under the terms of the compact, and <br />as of December 31, 1963, was in debt to the extent of 734,400 acre- <br />feet of water. <br /> <br />In <br />U, <br />C <br />'"" <br /> <br />Information Bulletin No. 22 <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />August 28, 1964 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />., <br />, <br />