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<br />111\ OIl.int.l'4t*.te bold.nil.roBe during the ent11"e.periodOf adm1ll1/!'O. '
<br />tratioll.onJ.ugu~ 1, COIlllIllS111Ql1er Miilrli.thwlred t~ill offioe~hatKu.s.iI!l '.' '
<br />required del1veJf"a1; the State Jine of ()OO ,slcond feet, for alO-.day.p~r1ddL,
<br />His telegrUlwas delivered Iv Yeste1'l1 Ul;i1on to RoQlll 20 State Mua.waXiuil..... . ,',..
<br />1rIg, al.thoUCl1, it,wall pr'Qperly addressed 'to the State E11gineer,Room20 $~W~
<br />fOU." B:r,.~thor1t:r of the Governor, this offioe w",solosed all day A:Ug~t . "
<br />Colorado net); and until the following 14onday, August 4, although SOlll8oDe .,
<br />wasinlltteD~..tl. at the off toe on August 1., ~,Ilrld 3, during rfl3Ularbtt!:l.ee '
<br />hours. Ua~o1ltUttat8ly two other telegrams f'1]O~ OOlJUll1ssioner MClGrath advisilDg'
<br />that the, .&.rmy _in.ers hadnol'eq\.l$st ,fi"olllthta ,9f1'10eto increa!le 1'ele8;Il.!lI,.
<br />, -from theft..rTo1.r, were Itot 11tU1el'stoodl)y those~the offioeate thetw ,','
<br />andthe1'8f'oreno aote1.on walll had .,in ,re,pOl:l..:to~IlU' r9liiui1'tllll8Ute. FoJ,lo~
<br />, 1rIg .thr1"f.toat10Ji of'lil1_ matteronMOi'lday morning. A"'Just I., .releasel3 of
<br />~'I~ ,wa1i~~ .to .eet tansalli,' requ1rem,an1UII."ere iDmIediately ordllred." D!ll'-
<br />1i!(th!,' ,@tflNfer1od the writer wall, al1sen't fl'<llU thooffioe on ,u.gentea1~8
<br />t~l' ,inspeo~t&t of dams near lial.en~Udin the 'rl,oinit.y ofOo100:-lI.do ,,',",'
<br />,'Spr1r!i8, aud knew nothing of the ino1,d.ntabov. 1Illnt1,one. untU 'IfIiT ret\U'l11iO.
<br />. off1.ce 0Ji the 1II.01'li.1rIg ,of August "'. Allowing for a period of at 1eut
<br />'60.,~~'~''l:'i'~,''.'''~'''1'':"e~.~.s,~.I;''C~,t)1.,~~~ '~..',~. ~c$.~.ntl.flpl."
<br />par.nti.7)'~IlUl"d 'bi SOQ 8hortege to the water Wi_rll of (8Iasas, a+though ,
<br />dur1rlgthspe'l"1od in qU8llltion, frQlll 2'2 to 52 second feet were being Wasted
<br />past Garden City.
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<br />Following August 5, suffioient water W&8 d._livered at the State line each
<br />day thereafter ~til August 15 to IIUPp),y 600 s_cond feet. Dur1rlg this
<br />period, however,'the aYerllge daily floY at Garden C1ty varied from a minintum
<br />of ,30 to a,lIax111r.ml of 90 seoond feet. The reasons for failure to promptly
<br />lI.eet Kansa.1I requ1reaents were explained to Mr. Leavitt fol101lUg the afore~
<br />!Ientionedll101dent.
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<br />'tbe attached tabl.es show month by IllOnth ptrtinent 1'aots1'e1&t1ve to avail-
<br />able water nppll.s, the lAlIIount of water to which eaoh State was entitled,
<br />under the Inter-State AgreemEint, the amounts diverted in District 67. and
<br />that which 11'&8 delivered at Holly, or the State Une, end also the amounts
<br />passing; Garden City, all of whiclh veliu~8.ar.,inaol:'ete.t.
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<br />Sinee we haTI net been advised that the GOVe1'l1or of either State has re-
<br />quested llbbrogation of the terms of the 1947 Agrefilllent, the writer herein
<br />uSUllles that the terms of the sdd agreement will oont1n.ue 1n force end
<br />effect until 8uch time asa compaot between the two States becomes effeotive.
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<br />Dlle to the almo1'lllal amount of strealll flow durWg the pa8t it"r:l.gation season,
<br />strellll flowa at the State line for the months' of April to D41eember, inclu-
<br />sive, have materially exceeded the averllge flows, Diversionll of water frCll1l
<br />the riTer in Distriot 67 also exceeded average d1versions during the afore-
<br />mentioned per10d of !Ionths.
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