WSP03823

• File Number: 8135.300
• Description: Ditch Companies - Catlin
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/29/1976
• Author: D Helton R McCabe
• Title: Catlin Transfer Plan and John Martin Permanent Pool Operation
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Appendix A (Continued)

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D. "John Martin reservoir project" is the official name of the
facility formerly known as Caddo a reservoir project. authorized by
the f100d Control Act of 1936. as anended. for constructlon,
operation and maintenance by the war departr.1ent. corps of engineers.
later designated at the corps of engineers. department of the army,
and herein referred to as the "corps of engineers," "John Martin
reservoir" is the water storage space created by "John ~~art;n dam".

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E. The "flood control storage" ;s th'lt portion of the total
storage space in John ~artin reservoir allocated to flood control
purposes.

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F. The "conservation pool" is that portion of the total storage
space in John Martin reservoi~ lying below the flood control storage.

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G. The "ditches of Colorado water district 67" 'are those
ditches and canals which divert water from the Arkansas river Qr its
tributaries downstreanl from John Martin dam for irri~ation use 1n
Colorado.

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H. The term "river flow" means the sum of the flows of the
Arkansas and the Purgatoire rivers into John Martin reservoir as
dete~mined by gauging stations appropriately located above said
reservoir.

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I. The term "the administration" means the Arkansas river
compact administration ~stabl ished under article VIII.

ARTICLE IV

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Bath states recognize that:

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A. This compact deals only with the waters of the Arkansas
river as defined in article III.

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B. This tompact 1S not conterned with the rights. if any,
of the state of New Mexico or its- r.itizens in and to the use in
New Mexico of waters of Trinchera creek or other tributaries of the
Purgatoire river, a tributary of.the Arkansas river.

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C. ll) John Martin dam will be operated by the corps of
engineers to store and release the waters Df the Arkansas rTVer in
and from John Martin reservoir fDr its authorized purposes.

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{2J The bottDm of the flood control sto~age is presently
fixed by the chief of englneers, U. S. Army, at elevation 3,851
feet above ~ean sea level. The flood control storage will be operated
for flood control purposes and to those ends will impound Dr regulate
the streamflow volumes that are in excess of the then available
storage capacity of the conservatlon pool. Releases from the flood
control storage may be ~ade at tlmes anj rates determined by the
corps of erlgineers to be necessary or advisable without regard to
ditch diversion capacities or require~ents in either or both states.

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{3) lne conservation pool will be o~erated for the benefit
of water users in Colorado and Kansas, both upstream and downstrea~
from John ~'~art;n dam, as provided in this compact. The maintenance
of John ~lartin dam and appurtenance works may at times rec;uire the
corps of engineers to release waters then impounded in the conserva-
tion pool or to prohibit the storage of water therein until such
maintenance work is completed. FlOOd control operation may also
involve te..porary utilization of conservation storage.

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O. This compact is not intended to impede or p~event future
beneficial develo~ment of the ~rkansas river basin in ColoradO and
Kansas by federal or state agencies, by private enter~rise, or by
combinations thereof, whiCh Ir,ay involve constructTon of dar.ls.
reservoirs and other works for the ourposes of water utiliZation and
control, as well as the improved or ;l1"'6longed func~;oning of eX1sting
works: Provided, that the waters of tne Arkansas river, as defined
in article Ill. shall not be materially depleted in usable Quantity
or avai labil ity for use to the water users in Colorado and Kansas
under this compact by ::'UC!l future develDpr,lent or construction.

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