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O~1222 ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT "(8) Rel~ses of river tlow and.of stored.water to Colorado shall be measured by gaging stations located at or near John Martin Dam and the releases to which Kansas is entitled shall be satisfied by an equivale;nt in::~Sta,tel1ne flow. l'(4) When water Is released from John Martin ReserVbil<'apprdprtate'aIlow'- ances as determined by the Administration shall be made for the intervals of time required for such water to arrive at the pOints of diversion in Colorado and at the StateUne. "(5) There shall be no allowance or accumulation of credits or debits for Or against either State. "(6) Storage, releases from storage and releases of river :flow authorized in this Article shall be accompHshed pursuant to procedures prescribed by the Ad; minIstration under the provisions of Article VIII. "F. In the event the Administration :finds that within a perIod of fourteen_ (14) days the water In the conservation pool will be or is liable to be exhausted, the Administration shall forthwith notify the State Engineer of Oolorado, or his duly authorized representative, that commencing upon a day certain within said fourteen (14) day period, unless-a change of conditions justifies cancellation or . modification of such notice, Colorado shall administer the decreed rights of water users in Colorado Water District 67 as against each other and as against all rights now 01' hereafter decreed to water users diverting upstream from John Martin Dam on the basis of relative priorities in the same manner in which their respective priority rights were administered by COlorado before John Martin Reservoir began to operate and as though" John Martin Dam had not been con- structed. Such priority administration by Colorado shall be continued until the Administration finds that water is again available in the conservation pool for release as provided.in this Compact, and timely notice- of such finding shall. be given by the Administration to the State Engineer of Oolorado or his duly autharized representative; Pravided, that except as cantralled by the operation of the preceding provisions of this paragraph and other applicable pro.visions of this Compact, when there is water in the conservation pool the water users upstream from John Martin Reservoir shull not be affected by the decrees to the ditches in Colorado. Water District 67. Except'when administration in Calarado 1s on a priarity basis the water diversions in: Colorado Water District 67 shall be administered by Colorado. in accordance with distribution agreements mact"e from time to time between the water users in such District and flIed with -the Adminis~ tration and with the State Engineer of Colo.rada or, in the absence of such agree- ment, upon the basis of the respective priority decrees, as against each o.ther, in said District. "G. During periods when Colorado reverts to administration of decreed priori~ ties, Kansas shall not be entitJ.ed to any pOl'tion of the river flow entering Jo.hn Martin Reservoir. Waters af the ArkaMas .River originating'in Colorado which may fiow across the Stateline during such periods are hereby apportioned to. Kansas. "H. If the usable quantity and availability for use of the w~ters of the Arkansas River to water users in Colorado Water Dist:dct 67 and Kansas will be thereby materially depleted 0.1' adversely affected, (1) priority rights now decreed to the ditches of Colorado. Water District 67 shall not hereafter be transferred to ather water districts in Colorado Or to points of diversian or places of use upstream from John Martin Dam; and (2) the ditch diversion rights from the Arkansas River in Colorado Water District 67,and of Kansas ditches between the Stateline and Garden Clty~hall not hereafter be increased beyond the total present rights of said dItches, without the Administration, in either ,case (1) or (2), making findings of fact that no such depletion or adverse effect will result from such proposed transfer or increase. Notice of legal proceedings for any such pro~' posed transfer or increase shall be given to the Administration in the manner and within the time provided by the laws of Colorado or Kansas. in such cases. HARTICLE VI "A. (1) Nothing in this Campact shall be construed as impairing the jurisdic- tion of Kansas over the waters af the Arkansas River that originate in I{ansas and over the waters that ttow from Calorado across the Stateline into Kansas. "(2) Except as otherwise provided, nothing in this Campact Shall be construed as supplanting the administration by Colorado af the rights of appropriators of waters of the Arkansas River in said State as decreed to said appropriators by the courts of Ca~orado, nar as interfering with the distribution among said ap- ;_. '.'.':. ,"