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<br />0::1286 <br /> <br />ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />The CHAlRM.AN. So that actually Colorado gets more than 60 per- <br />cent of the actual water; does it not! <br />Mr. VIDAL. I think so. . We have had many controversies about that. <br />The CHAIRMAN. I mean the right of use and reuse as recognized. <br />Mr. VIDAL. There is no reuse in Colorado. Whatever is taken <br />out of the dam and diverted below Caddoa in Colorado goes to <br />Kansas. There is practically no reuse in Colorado. You see, the dis- <br />tance is only 58 miles. There are 10 ditches below that that have no <br />opportunity to reuse it, and there is practically no opportunity for <br />any additional construction that would permit the reuse. We have <br />covered that by some provisions of the compact anyhow. <br />The CHAIRMAN. It would appear from what I see here that the <br />Commission measured the actual flow of the river at about 1,250 CUbIC <br />feet per second and divided that on the basis of 750 and 500! <br />Mr. VIDAl" Not exactly the flow of the river; that is the release <br />from the reservoir. <br />The CHAIRMAN. How did you determine that division! <br />Mr. VIDAL. Oh, by many things; the flow of the river beginning in <br />1908, which was just after the first session in the Supreme Court here, <br />down to about 1942 or 1944; the actual flow of the river and the storage <br />that would become usable through Caddoa out of that flow. That <br />1,250 feet1 except when the administration consents to an increase,. <br />is more or a limitation on total releases from Caddoa than anything <br />else. We felt that 750 and 500 would carry out that relation of 60-40. <br />But that is more of a limitation on it. <br />When we get dOWIHo a certain low state of storage, we limit it still <br />further to 600 and 400. That is released from the reservoir. . <br />Colorado does ~et in the wiI!t~r season 'Yhen.the water~s supposed <br />to be all stored; Ithas the prlvIlegeof dlvertmg or callmg for 100 <br />second-feet of water for small purposes, stock purposes and things <br />of t.hat kind. .. . <br />The CHAIRMAN. I observe also.there is a provision that alt.hough <br />~he priorities ~ay be disregarded in the useo~ t.1.r~ water from st.orage, <br />If t.he reservOIr should be empt.Ied then prIOrItIes must be reestab- <br />lished. <br />Mr. VIDAL. Kansas is out. of the picture; except whatever goes over <br />the St.ate line belongs to it. Of course, we can't help that. <br />The CHAIRMAN. What is t.he administrative agency! <br />Mr. VIDAL. The administrative agency would be appointees of the <br />Governor, who will be a water-right. owner and resident from District <br />67 in Colorado, which is below the dam, and a water-right owner and <br />resident from Districts 14.and 17 above the dam on t.he main stem <br />of the river, and the direct.or of tliiiwater board.. .The t.hree frolI1 <br />Kansas will be two water-ri~ht owners and residents of Kearney, <br />HaJOllilton, and Finney CountIes, and what we always call the 'State <br />enO'lneer. <br />The CHAIRMAN. Is that board provided for in the compact! <br />Mr. VIDAL. It is provided for in t.he compact. <br />The CHAIRMAN. What article! <br />Mr. VIDAL. Article VIII. <br />The CHAIRMAN. Thank you. . <br />Mr. VIDAL. The Governor is to make those appointments. I dis- <br />cussed this matter with the Governor before we put it. into the com- <br />96908-49-;---8 <br /> <br />'";':'.' <br /> <br />::"-, <br /> <br /> <br />. .. :/.::f .;.~[t~., <br />:,' . 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