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<br />I: <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />,I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />\lOO~S2 <br /> <br />that'ntl'Ciihout from downstream rights can occur. Water rights with priorities on or after <br /> <br />October 11, 1948 are not affected by this compact provision, <br /> <br />Municipal diversion demands at Baggs and Dixon were set to the amount of their <br /> <br />water right for each month of the year. Wyoming and Colorado irrigation demands were <br /> <br />set at the full appropriation amounts each month for May through September each year. <br /> <br />Wyoming diversion amounts were based upon the allowed diversion rate of one cubic foot <br /> <br />per second for each 70 acres of land (1 cfs!70 acres). Colorado diversion rates were based <br /> <br />upon the decree amounts. <br /> <br />By law, Wyoming water rights with priority dates of March 1, 1945 or earlier are <br /> <br />entitled to an additional 1 cfs!70 acres of surplus water. As a result, holders of these <br /> <br />rights are entitled to divert a total of 2 cfs!70 acres before any water is made available to <br /> <br />the post-March 1, 1945 rights. In months May through July when surplus water is <br /> <br />normally available, a surplus right of 1 cfs!70 acres was provided for the Wyoming rights <br /> <br />in the modeling. In October, a demand amount of 1/4 the appropriated amount was <br /> <br />provided for all rights above the Dixon gage as part of the calibration process. Diversions <br /> <br />are limited by the physical availability of water at the point of diversion and legal <br />availability under' priority administration. <br /> <br />14 <br />