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<br />.1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />\, <br />o <br /> <br />N <br />Ul. <br />~ <br />Q:l <br /> <br />.Tune 2, <br /> <br />194~ <br /> <br />Mr. George ~. !:nap? Chier <br />Divieion or ~ater Reeourc'~ <br />New England Building <br />Topeka. lanllse <br /> <br />Re. Caddoa futllervoir <br /> <br />" <br />, <br /> <br />Dear L!r. Knapp I <br /> <br />I! <br /> <br />, <br />,,---"--' ! <br />'--- , <br />I bad hoped to reply to your letter or Mey Ut.b.. lIJ\clolling the re- <br />lIult or your calculatione cO'l'ering the 8lIIOWlt or divereioUll,by ditchee <br />ahoYe Caddoa Re&arroir which you conclud,:.re~exc.Ba divers1ona~ and c5arge- <br />able to Colorado's share o! the anticiPated "~urplus" or the wet erE or the <br />}.rkanel!lll River. /,' /' ) ! <br />... ./ "" ,. <br />-', ", ." ,i <br />I rererred your letter IlJId tab'.llatiOll"to lIr, Pattereon ....JO. at I1fY' <br />requeet. prepared the attached MellO QB1;eu'~y :>.8th, which I do not beU....e <br />nqu1.reB further explanlttion_ :t>y4.l:ie writllr, <br />o . ..... <br />/<,~>, '-,,- <br />I have peT&onally'ltept ill tiNi"=h wit'j,./diversionl! by ditchee above <br />Caddoa reserroir. rel..n~ rrom t:!e 1I.;eerr01r, d1verl31one by d1tche~ belo'll <br />the reBenoir and dillver1ee at the State line. and have made rry own computa- <br />tion8 based upon factual\data anllab1la fro:ll d8Y' to day. <br />"', '~"..... //0 <br />.4.8 !lr.,A',aU.rjlon statJ,~-1rl8 MelllO of May 28th. it 1e bel1..,ed that <br />the dirrllrenc:p'bet....en your C!.lculatione for the period !IIa.. 1st to 12th, <br />arillell out or/ the fact t~t you have e.'l.arged aeainet Colondo '8 anticipated <br />"Sarplue" the tote! ~UDt or 11;:l15trellJll divereions by canals Junior to the <br />Amity'e first. priority ot ,"February 21, le87. whereae only 80 IIIUCh eac~', day <br />should be charged agldnBt/ euch lliv8rsiOnE 811 would be neCe8l:!.:-Y to meet de- <br />liveries to eenicn'-di1.,Dhee below the reeBrroir. S"ch Daunt. o~ c:~ur~e. <br />llhould be reduced 'o~f-.ccret10ns to the riv"r from a:u lIources bet""n either <br />La Junta or La8 Anima. and the headgates or the kUtj or r...mar cenalll. la-. <br />PatteNon has UEed La Junta a8 the upBtrelllll point for cOlllput.iug ri...er accra- <br />tionll. whUe ! hP.ve aeeUlleil the point 8S the 1.8& Jo.nima8 gaging station, <br />eince that Iltetioll ie belo'l' the last diversion abav'e the reservoir. <br /> <br />Mr. Patterson's and I!1IY figure8 carering Ulles end deliverie8 of water <br />ror the period April let to June lflt, are in pr~ctical agree:nent. The slight <br />differencea are tne result of dirferent ~ethod8 uaed in computing river <br />accretionll from point to point along the river, alld also to the dirferential <br />in the title of the occurrence of Etresm now at La Junt~ and Lae AnilllllS. <br /> <br />I all enclosing lUl outline of the !!lethod which I have Ilf;ed in making <br />l!I::f lieterminationl< of daily uses of _tel' abO'lIl Cadcioe which could not-olIVe <br />been Made exce;Jt thru tbe operation of Caddoa r-.eael"Y'oir. and w!lich are charge- <br />