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<br />Cl <br /> <br />~-- <br />c.c <br />QC <br />""" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'i'he Las hninms Di teh Compemy (commonly cC'.lled the LC'.s <br /> <br />Animas To\'m Ditch) has a decreed l'lat:er ri(Jhi: to divert 38 C:l:S <br /> <br />from the Arkansas River. '1'he appropriation date of I.larch 7, 1884 <br /> <br />gives it priority numner 3 in former \'later Dist.rict 1'10. 17 and <br /> <br />priori t.y number 761 in 1'later Division 2. There are approximately <br /> <br />1900 shaJ:es in the compcmy outst.anding, and each is supposed to <br /> <br />irrigat.e one acre. Of these, approximC'_tely 275 shares, ,,,hich <br /> <br />represent 5.5 cfs, are owned by 'the Consolidated Extension Canal <br /> <br />Company. Since ,June 1965, when the Arkansas River flood (1estroyed <br /> <br />tl)(~ hcaclgute, the Las Animas Di"i.:ch COfL\pany has c1ivei..~lecJ. at t:.he <br /> <br />L?lS !\nimiJ r; Consolid<lted C",nal Company headga-te. The Las Aniillas <br /> <br />Consolidated Canal Company headgate is the first. upstream from <br /> <br />John Martin Dam. <br /> <br />It is cert.ain the Hater Court will limit. the permanen-t <br /> <br />pool crec1i t from the purchase of any pa:r.ticular water ): ight to <br /> <br />that amount act.ually used, historicc:lly. This "/Ould probably <br /> <br />amount to consumptive use and farm losses. In its Fryingpan- <br /> <br />Arkansas Project Studies, the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation has <br /> <br />computed consumptive use for t11e Las Animas area using the Lowry- <br /> <br />Johnson method. These studies indicate that the average annual <br /> <br />consumpt.ive use is 1.69 ac-ft/ac. 1'/hen the U.S.B.R. estimate of <br /> <br />farm losses (25% of fc:rm headga'~e diversions) is added to <br /> <br />CO:lsump"c-.:i.ve i:lS8 the resultant llnn-l~.t.11 crcdii:: is 2.25 Clc-ft/a.c "\Jith c.t <br />