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<br />rJ' G '3 <br />aO\.. t. <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br />involved nO particular dif'ficulties. <br /> <br />Such deter~ination as regards uses of water above Caddoa Reser- <br /> <br />vail"", however, involves many complications_ In this latter connectio~. con- <br /> <br />sideration was given to oertain met:~ods of approach which l-.ere later used <br /> <br />by Mr. Knapp. <br /> <br />His meth.od of approach requires certain assumptions as to losses <br /> <br />of water in transit and of river accretions from point to point along the <br /> <br />river whioh. due to weather and other conditions, va:ry from week 'co week; <br /> <br />also tine intervals covered in the transit of water betwe''lll headgates and <br /> <br />gauging stations. trial and error computations of an involved oharaoter <br /> <br />and other faotors not readily susoeptible of acourate determination. <br /> <br />Unfortunately, th.e daily flow of a river will not await suoh de- <br /> <br />terminations. Its waters must be administered as they flow, and until a <br /> <br />"baoklog" of storage has been accumulated in Caddoa Reservoir in suffioient <br /> <br />amount to permit adjustments between the Colorado di tohes and between the <br /> <br />two States, it was felt that long and involved computations wer'e not justi- <br /> <br />fi8d. at least pending a determination by the Court of the questions at <br /> <br />issue. <br /> <br />As """ understand it. the prinCipal purpose of the stipulation was <br /> <br />to proteot past or historio uses of water out of the river. both in Colo- <br /> <br />rado and in Kansas, of which there is a record covering a period of many <br /> <br />years. It was also thought that. due to the relati vely small quantity of <br /> <br />water in Caddo a Reservoir in 1943 available for adjusting daily errors of <br /> <br />administration, and to unpredicrable stream flow into and below Caddo!l. Reser- <br />