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<br />o <br />C) <br />I.... <br />~......" <br />(~. , <br />tv <br /> <br />dated ca... RO. 2782, 5016 and 5017 in tbat court.' <br />otbe~ water .upp1ie. of the project. <br />An .aere toot. 1M defiD8d in allotment. contnet. It 18 <br /> <br />1/310,000 of the D18t~icrt'. lIJUl8al water .upply. 'I'M Board, <br /> <br />in April, det_zminetl the quota ava11ehl. in per cent. of 310,000 <br /> <br />for that ....on. <br /> <br />1'r0lll the Colo~ado ltiver, that .upply after evaporatlon and <br /> <br />.t.ol'aqe loa... av.raq_ about 270,000 acre t_t.. .-Mr. 18 water <br /> <br />appropriat.ecl a1110 by the work. on the ~on-Can.r Lake, and <br /> <br />on the cacrhe 1& l'oudre-Boraet;~b Pee.nolr an4 8d P. IIwu'oe <br /> <br />Canal. 'fbe_ inera..e the Bllpply fVJIII floods, but of. relatively <br /> <br /> <br />late pdorlt-le.. '1'he 1954-63 ten year net .vezoaq_ avaU.bl_ bas <br /> <br /> <br />b_n 300,368 acnt f_t. The st. ~a1n Rlver offer. poe.ib111ty <br /> <br />of adding to tbat ...t slope .upply ln flood time.. <br /> <br />It i. a "carry over" ayet.., to acewlllllulate, in slU'plWl <br /> <br />watar aupply U.a, _tel' from all It.. suppli.. and C1a:uy it over <br />in ita r..enoin. The.e MYe IIIOrll than 900,000 acre f_t .tora98 <br /> <br />capacity fo: de11ver1nv it t.he same or later drought year. when <br /> <br />U "ill 40 the II08t 900d for Chpa In the District. In praotice, <br /> <br />the ten-year ."..:a9* 1'81.._ by the Diatrict to allotNent holden <br /> <br />ue MS Men about 230,000 ac::re feR. <br /> <br />3. A sWltaine4 effort 1n local court. by Denver to antedate <br />the 0010rado-I19 Thomp.on works to tw.nty year. e.rliez bad resulted <br />1n an epochal 19S4 Supreme court decuion favorable to the COn- <br />a.naney Dia~r1ot., COlorado RiveX' Water COnsenatlon Board, west <br />alope water uea and the United State.. Den"er "a. Ro. COlo. <br />Water COM. Diat. 130 COlo. 315-443, a16 P 21S 99a <br /> <br />-24- <br />