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<br />\)I)C';:.GG <br /> <br />-6- <br /> <br />This comparison. may not be exact. since reoords of historio di- <br /> <br />versions by sane of these ditohes at 'Gimes. include water released from <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />upstream reservoirs and possibly small quanti ties of transmountain water. <br /> <br />It is believed. hov.ever. that the comparison is sufficiently accurate to <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />refleot the increased or decreased uses of Vlater in 1943 by these ditches. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />out of di rect rbrer flow. <br /> <br />The attached tabulations show 1943 diversions by the Bessemer. <br /> <br />Colorado. llighline. otero and Holbrook canals of reservoir and transmountain <br /> <br />water. as taken from the Daily River Reports. and also the amount of river <br /> <br />water used. <br /> <br />An exact determination of the exteni; of increased or decreased <br /> <br />uses of river water alone. is not possible in the absence of a reoord show- <br /> <br />ing segregations of diversions of reservoir and transmountain water from <br /> <br />total diversions as shown by the recorder charts and the use of reservoir <br /> <br />vater which was stored after April 1st. No such record of historic uses. <br /> <br />has been made available. <br /> <br />Uses of reservoir and transmountain water supplies by the Besse- <br /> <br />mer. Highline. Otero and Holbrook canals in 1943. probably do not vary <br /> <br />materially from their historic average uses. However. increased diversions <br /> <br />I" <br /> <br />of transrnountain water supplies by the Colorado canal in reoent years. and <br /> <br />especi8.l1y in 1943. prec lude the use of di versi OM by the Colorado canal <br /> <br />., <br />'.' <br /> <br />in 19Li) in arriv-ing at a determination of the amount of additional uses <br /> <br />of water by the canals above Caddoa Reservoir. <br /> <br />Avere.~ historic uses by the Colorado canal up to 1939. and 1943 <br />