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<br />000Z64 <br /> <br />-4- <br /> <br />voir before 'ohe close of the irrigation period and also pending a clari- <br /> <br /> <br />fication of the diversity of interpretations which lnve been placed upon <br /> <br /> <br />tile Stipulation. no intricate plan of administration should be adopted for <br /> <br /> <br />19}.13. <br /> <br />In this connection. it may be stated tmt the administration of <br /> <br />the river ,,'as placed upon a priority basis on I'lay 29th. on which date there <br /> <br />were about 15.000 acre feet of water in Caddoa Reservoir. which it was be- <br /> <br />lieved would probably be sufficient to permit unrestricted diversions by <br /> <br />ce.nals above the reservoir insofar as they effected obligations to Kansas. <br /> <br />The attaohed tabulations show that the Colorado di tohes below <br />Caddoa Reservoir diverted during the six months period. 118.018 acre feet <br />or 118 acre feet more than 117.900 "cre feet. the quantity agreed to by all <br />parties. in order to place diversions by this group of Colorado ditches <br /> <br />on the S aIDe relative basis of summer deliveries to Kansas of 52.000 acre <br /> <br /> <br />feet provided for in the Stipulation. This would entitle Kansas to a de- <br /> <br /> <br />livery of the equivalent cf 44.1 percent of all diversions by ColOl'ado dit- <br /> <br /> <br />ches below Caddoa Resel'Voir. <br /> <br /> <br />Diversions by this group of Colol"ado ditches amounted to 4.027 <br /> <br /> <br />acre feet more than their average historio diversions for the same period. <br /> <br /> <br />Such diversions in 19L13. ho,"",ver. do not include seepage water which was <br /> <br />presumed to have been intercepted by the Ami ty and Hyde canals. as sho,"", <br /> <br />by the De.i ly River Reports. <br />Delivery of use able water to Kansas amounted to 57.930 acre feet <br /> <br />which was 5.930 acre feet in exoess of the 52.000 acre feet specified in <br />