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<br />001483 <br /> <br />Tho _ R~C',,~,:t ion l?Q!?_l S J.1:.\l.'o'.tcl.21L.1'0<'l.ClY. <br /> <br />The Game, Fish and Parks Departmen't is still looking for <br /> <br />the lion I s share of the water. Shares have been ob'cained from the <br /> <br />Corps of Engineers of 'chree ditch companies, but the amoun"t of <br /> <br />wat:er yielded "Till be minor. In addition a 5,000 acre-foo"t s'torage <br /> <br />right from Se'tchfie1d Reservoir 7 on Muddy Creek has been transferred <br /> <br />to John Martin, bu'l: again, 'the quantit,y of water which ,,,ill ac'tually <br /> <br />be yielded is small and very undependable. At presen"t there are <br /> <br />no p:comisin<] prospects for the rest of the water, but all are given <br /> <br />consideration. I <br /> <br />The water could be purchased annually for the initial <br /> <br />filling and evaporation losses from the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project <br /> <br />or other s"l:orage sources. ~l'his is not really as desirable as <br /> <br />purchaso of a "later righ'c because i'l: saddles the Sta'te Legislature <br /> <br />to an annual appropria"tion. <br /> <br />After "Tater righ"ts are secured and 'the i'later Court has <br /> <br />its word, there is one big hurdle to pass. The Arkansas River <br /> <br />Comp<.lc't l\dministration must approve the opera"tion procedure. <br /> <br />Kansas m<.lY take position that such approval is beyond the aU~10rity <br /> <br />of tho Adminis'c:cation and the Compact will have to be renegotiated <br /> <br />7 Setchfiold Dcun washod out in 'the 1965 flood and has not: been <br />rebuil'c. <br /> <br />-13- <br /> <br />,r:o,~i <br />