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thrl:c short periods, continued to the end of the irrigation season. Kansas requirements were met by statclinc flow until 4: 30 p.m. on Jul)' 6 1957. At this time releases from the reservoir' were increased to meet Kansas demands which continued to September IS, 1957. Statcline flows mer Kansas needs from September 15,1957. to 8:30 a.m. on October 1 and from October 10, 1957, to the end of the irrigation season. Re- leascs from storage to meet Kansas demands were made from 8: 30 a.m. on October 1 to October 10, 1957. Rains occurring below the reservoir necessitated the curtailment of releases many times during the period June 14 to October :n. ancl, as noted above. caused ['he gates to bc closed from 5: 30 p.m. on July 25 to 12 :00 noon on July 27, from 7: 15 a.m. to 12 :00 p.m. on August 1, and from 3 :00 p.m. on October R. to 10:30 ;t.m. on October Y. Colorado requested, in addition to releases of stored wtlter. 100 c.f.s. river flow irom 5:30 p.m. on July 16, 1957, to 8:30 a.m. 9" July 17. 1957. On August 7, 1957, Kansas demands were inereascd to include 150 c.f.s. river flow. At 9:00 a.m. on August 9,1957, releases were in' creased from 1200 cIs. to 1300 c.f.s. to provide Kansas 50 c.f.s. river flow, at I I :00 p.m. tln August 10, 1957, releases were increased from 1300 c.f.s. to 1450 er.s. to provide Kansas 150 c.f.s. river flow. At 9:00 a.m. on August 12, 1957, no water was available for Kansas from river flow. At 3:45 p.m. on August 12, 1957. Colorado requested 100 d.s. river flow which was reduced to 50 c.f.s. at 11 :00 a.m. nn August 15, 1957, and reduced to 0 at 12 :00 noon on August 16, 1957. Storag~ in the reservoir reached a pc;tk of 290,744 acre feet 011 August 6, and 7, 1957. Releases from the reservoir during the period April 13, to 22, totaled 13,045 acre fect and cluring the period May 27, to October 31, totakd 1 R5/i60 <lcre feet. Stil.tcline flow during- carre' spollcling periods allowing three d<lYs for water rcle;ls("d from the reser' voir to re;Kh the statdine, amounted to 3,370 acre fect and 119.740 acre fcet, re-.5pectively. At the end of the- irrigation season 011 Octohcr ~l. 19.17. storage. in John Mdrtin Reservoir totaled 220,053 a(T(" feet. the grC'ate.<;t holdover stor,lgc sinc(" the Comp<lct Aclministratillll W<lS L'stablished <lnd more than 70~;;i greiltcr than the previous maximum 011 October 31. 1949. River flow was p;lssed through the reservoir averaging: 15 c.f.s. from November 1. 1956 to December 6. 1956 1.8 c.f.s. from December 7. 1956 to April 12,1957 +43 d.s. from April 22, 1957 to May 16, 1957. S[;ltdinc fin\\' for corresponding pniods, disregarding local runoff on Arril 27. ;llld 28. awragcd 40 c.f.s.. 48 .:.f.s., and 143 ~.f.s.. respectively. The total discharge for the year at Garden City was 62,200 acre fe("t. Ahout 45.000 acre feet occurr("c! during the period May 17. thru .Junc 30. and included five storm periods of local runoff. With this ex- ception, the :lveragc discharge W<lS :lbout 27 second feet. Total diwrsions hy K:lns<ls ditches during the irrigation season amounted to 118.7~() ;lcre fect, 72~;; of thl' w;ltcr which cr05sed the statdill(" in this time. 10