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23 . (\ '..11 ,a (.'11 v"..iA3t,JI. The following is quoted from page 7 thereof: " General liThe tentative agreement existing between the states of Colorado and Kansas with respect to the operation of the CaddpaReservoir, provides essentially for the recognition of 52,000 acre-feet of water at the State Line during the April to October poriod, for use by the state of Kansas; 25,000 acre-feet at the State Line during the period November to March, inclusive, for the Use of the state of Kansas; and 160,000 aore-feet of annl1al direct flow diversions by the Colorado c ana.ls below the site of the reservoir to ~represent status quo conditions. liThe agreement provides essentially that after these amounts are delivered, all water over and above them made usable by the Caddoa reservoir shall be divided equally between the two states for use by their respective water users. . liThe agreement provides also that the reservoir can be used by either state for regulating and making more seasonable the water now being used by each state, but it does not indicate the maximum amount of the capacity of the reservoir that either state can use for this purpose. The above principles were taken into consideratiln in the present study of the operation of the Caddoa reservoir. II The study shows that for the period 1914 to 1936, the Caddoa Reservoir would have made available to the States of Colorado and Kansas an average annual amount of l12,000 acre-feet of flood water not otherwise usable. During the same period, spill would have amounted to l,OOO,OOO acre-feet, or 43,000 acre-feet annually. It occurred, however, in only 4 years of the 23-year period. It is hoped by local and state interests that the construc- tion of Caddoa Dam and agreements expected to be made by Kansas and Colorado interests, with respect to the utilization of conserved waters, will go far toward clarifying the use of Arkansas Basin water in .Colorado and Kansas, but to predict the benefits of the Caddoa . :.