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. . . 1-6 better managing the waters of the Arkansas River for all water users with- out creating adverse impacts. The Winter Storage Program will be operated under the direction of its Board of Trustees, composed of one representative of each applicant. The Board of Trustees will be chaired by the Manager of the Southeastern Colo- rado Water Conservancy District. The Division Engineer of Division 2 will be consulted for engineering advice. The Board will meet annually to make all decisions. The applicants propose the following: I. River flows in excess of the amount necessary to supply senior priorities not panicipating may be stored in Pueblo Reservoir. John Martin Reservoir, and off-channel storage facilities of applicants, from November 15 to March 15. An applicant requiring water for direct diversion during the period November 15 to March 15 will have that water counted against its portion of the winter stored water. Storage of winter water in Pueblo Reservoir will be permitted by the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District if and when space is available. 2. The Rocky Ford Ditch has diverted directly from the Arkansas River free from the call of the river during the period November 15 to March 15. Rocky Ford will have the option to become a participant in the Winter Storage Program in the future. When and if Rocky Ford opts to participate in winter storage, it will participate from that year forward. 3. The river call by applicants during the period of storage will be March I, 1910. A decree of a nonapplicant which diverts from the Arkansas River, or tributaries of the Akansas River. including the St. Charles River, Fountain Creek. and Beaver Creek, and their tributaries, which decree is senior to this river call, will be free to divert to beneficial use during the period of storage to the extent it is not called out by a more senior decree.