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<br />ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT
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<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-
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