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<br />~~.. <br />I!,J,;: ,": <br />"'"," <br /> <br />WATER REQUIREMENTS <br /> <br />F' <br /> <br />Present Diversions <br /> <br />The year 1935 was one of more than average runoff, espec- <br /> <br />? <br /> <br />ially in late summer, The Water Commissioner's record for that year <br /> <br />shows total diversion from the river of 43,257 acre feet for 13,950 <br /> <br />acres, an average rate of 3.10 acre feet per acre. For 12,770 acres <br /> <br />lying within the project area the diversion ~ms 34,439 acre feet, an <br /> <br />average of 2.70 acre feet per acre. In spite of these very consider- <br /> <br />able diversions there was far from enough water in July and August, <br /> <br />and all but the oldest prior rights were cut off at some time during <br /> <br />these months. <br /> <br />During the flood, ditches are operated at full capacity, <br /> <br />. <br />r:~*~.) <br />"".~- <br /> <br />which is nearly always greater than the decreed water rights, in the <br /> <br />hope of so storing enough water in the ground to mature crops. Later, <br /> <br />as the river fails, junior priorities are cut off, and by midsummer <br /> <br />only the first few rights are able to secure water. Some senior <br /> <br />ditches appear, in 1935, to have diverted as high as 6.60 acre feet per <br /> <br />acre for the season. The situation of the junior rights is, therefore, <br /> <br />worse than the averages indicate. <br /> <br />Use of Water <br /> <br />Water right decrees fram Florida River were granted at the <br /> <br />rate of 60 acres per second foot. As this is the maxnnum rate at <br /> <br />which water may legally be diverted it should not be exceeded by di- <br /> <br />rect diversion in the month of maximum use. <br /> <br />34 <br />