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<br />. <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />7.) <br /> <br />N <br />.. <br />(\) <br />~ <br /> <br />The attorneys were of the opinion that the ~ater which hed <br /> <br />been cRptured in Cafdoa Keservoir, should be treated as te~porerily <br /> <br />regule-.ted stream flow, and not e.s "Surplus" \'mter, since, uncier the <br /> <br />prO\'i[ions of the Stipulation, there could be no "S.urplus" water urrtil <br /> <br />after the apportio~~ents by the Stipulation, to Colorado ditche[ below <br /> <br />the reservoir, and to Kansas, had been diverted and delivered. In other <br /> <br />v:ordr., it Vias not pOSF.ible to hove 1!Surplusll I.'ater lL.'1til e.ft€r October <br /> <br />1st, the end of ~~e present irrigation period. <br /> <br />Following our discussions.~~th Colonel Rosenberg, application <br /> <br />was made to Major General Reybold, Chief of Engineers, to permit the use <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />of 100,000 acre feet of the present capacity of the reservoir, to meet <br /> <br />irrigation needs, and on 'Ilarch :::0, this request Vie.S granted for the dura- <br /> <br />tion of the war, r.ith the understanding that the two States, thru their <br /> <br />State Engineers, ~eached an agreement upon schedules of releases from <br /> <br />the reservoir, and other administr~tive ?roble~, and a:so that the <br /> <br />~tored "ater .ould be used only upon presently irrigated lands served <br /> <br />by ('itches then being operated. <br /> <br />~. Knapp and I ~et again on April 7 and 8 at Lamar, ~~ich <br /> <br />conference was attended ~ !fur. Patterson. <br /> <br />It uas agreed that the Stipulation was in effect as of April <br /> <br />l[t, and is deemed to govern the operation of Caddoa Re[ervoir during <br /> <br />the irrigation senson of 194:::. It ~~s also agreed that the water then <br /> <br />in storage should be utilized during t:,e irrigetion seeson of 1.94::: to <br /> <br />-e-I. <br />