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<br />--~ <br /> <br />~.) <br /> <br />N <br />..c. <br />.... <br />N <br /> <br />e) <br /> <br />.~.. _::i- <br />. . <br />. . <br /> <br />Bon. G.L. Inalalld - 8 <br /> <br />4-28-45 <br /> <br />It 18 to be nated that while the stipulation divides the Kansas allo- <br /> <br />cation of 77,000 acre feet into units of 52,000 and 26,000 acre feet during the <br />irrigation and non-irrigation periods rsspectively, DO such provision 1s made <br />in the stipulation with respect to Colorado's annual allocation of 160,000 acre <br /> <br />feet. <br /> <br />Since these allocatioDII were based upon the historic uses of water <br /> <br />in both states, the tlrO State E.IIgineers agreed that diTersions of water by the <br /> <br />Colorado ditches below Caddoa Resen-oir during the period of April 1 to october <br />de'//n~d ~6 <br />1,194:5, should be a:' 'hd.w 117,900 acre feet to correspond with lIVerage <br /> <br />historic diversions and to the allocation' to Kansas of 52,000 acre feet during <br /> <br />the seme period. <br /> <br />R wall considered that the allocation of ll7.900 acre feet and 52,000 <br /> <br />acre feet shauld be delivllred and used proportionstely and substantialJy con- <br /> <br />currently, during the period of April 1st to october 1st, 1945. <br /> <br />Parsuam. to the prCIVisiot1ll of the stipulation and the aforementioned <br /> <br />permissions and requirements of the Army Engineers, the designated ofriciala <br /> <br />of Colorado and Kansas lIet at Lamar on April 7 and 8. 194.5, at which time 10t <br /> <br />was decided that the available quantity of water then in the reservoir, - namely <br />~:J::!- - -+ 'r..::.."o.~ -! :d. C, . <br />about; :55,000 acre !eet, should be considered as temporarily regulated river now <br /> <br />and not Surplus water, Bince there can be no Surp1UB water in storat:e lmtil <br /> <br />after the aforementioned allocationB up to 160,000 and 77,000 acre feet have <br /> <br />been respectively di'Verted by ditches in Colorado below the resen-oir, and de- <br /> <br /> <br />livered at the state line for use in KensaB. <br /> <br /> <br />- - .- - .-.It ns. e.lllo decidedthatUdue totbe-defiCiency.lIIrlnter-precip1tat1on <br /> <br />end the consequent need at that time for water in both states, releases of water <br /> <br />from Caddoa Reserroir should start on April 15, and that such releases should <br />