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<br />Onrr:'62 <br />Ij-- <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />hard and f~st rules co~ld be adopted durinE the early sta~es of adminis- <br /> <br />'oration, and that the procedure of the administrative officials must ne- <br /> <br />cessaril:! be Guided by the requirements, from tir,,, to time, of the water <br /> <br />users in both states and the aVIl.ilability of water supplies to meet the <br /> <br />same \'Iithin the requil'ements of the Stipulation. <br /> <br />At Ollr first meeting, 111'. J{napp agreed 'Gmt Kansas should 0.0- <br /> <br />cept and be charged vlith, all deliveries of useable water c,'ossing the <br /> <br />state line as "leasured at the offici..l gaugine; stations near Holly. He <br /> <br />\~s also agreeable to limiting the application of the Stipulation to v~ter <br /> <br />which Vias then stored in Caddoa Reservoir together with that which latel:' <br /> <br />enter~d the reservoir and t.o the river accr'3tions below the reservoir. and <br /> <br />also in the intel:'est of minimizing adIlIinistrative probl€llls, to conflne ad- <br /> <br />ministration of the Stipulation to diversions by the principal di tahes <br /> <br />divertinc; out of the main stem of the Arkansas Hiver only, beginnlng with <br /> <br />the Bessemer Ditch. It was for this reason that our progress repol'ts to <br /> <br />the Administrative Comtl.ittee of the Arkansas Valley Ditch Association, and <br /> <br />the a:ttached tabulations of diversions of water, exclude diversions by the <br /> <br />West Pueblo, Booth Orchard Grave and Excolsior Ditches and by the City of <br /> <br />Pueblo and other municipalities. <br /> <br />t~. Knapp also agreed that the water in storage in Caddoa Reser- <br /> <br />voil' on April 1st, should be considered as temporarily regulated stream flow, <br /> <br />and not "Surplus" water as defined in 'ore Stipulation. <br /> <br />A determination us to whether sto.tus quo requi rements of the <br /> <br />Stipulation as regards uses of water i.elow Caddoa Reservoir' have been met, <br />