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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />IG1": <br /> <br />removed from irrigation. <br /> <br />C. District Water Supply <br /> <br />I. That water supply of the Purgatoire River subject to District administration for <br />irrigation and M & I use within the District, defined as the District Water Sllpply, consists of: <br /> <br />(a) The water stored under the District Storage Right in the Irrigation <br />Capacity, (initially about 59,000 acre feet). <br /> <br />(b) The stream gains to the Purgatoire River below Trinidad Dam that are <br />divertible to the District lrrigahle Area for irrigation use through the District's exercise of the <br />water rights listed in IV.A. I. <br /> <br />(c) That portion of the Reservoir inflow at Trinidad Dam which is available to <br />the District during the Irrigation Season through the District's exercise of the water rights listed <br />in IV.A.I. . <br /> <br />(d) Any water acquired by the District and stored in the Irrigation Capacity of <br />the Reservoir by exchange or substitution. <br /> <br />2. The District Water Supply will be allocated by the District to the ditches within <br />the District to provide each acre of the District lrrigahle Area an equitable share of the District <br />Water Supply after allowance has been made for individual ditch transportation losses, provided <br />such allocation will not exceed the irrigation requirements at the fann headgate, subject to the <br />special provisions of the Hoehne and Model contracts. <br /> <br />D. Operation and Exercise of Water Rights <br /> <br />The principles governing operation of the Irrigation Capacity and the District's exercise of <br />the assigned direct flow water rights listed under IV.A.1. and the District Storage Right are <br />hereinafter set forth as they apply to operations during either the Non-Irrigation -Season or <br />Irrigation Season. <br /> <br />I. Non-interference with Downstream Water Rights <br /> <br />(a) Bypasses to the river shall be made at any time during the year to satisfY <br />downstream senior rights as ordered by the Colorado State Engineer to the extent that such <br />demands are not met by stream gains or otherwise satisfied; but are limited to the extent as <br />determined by the Colorado State Engineer to actually benefit such rights without unnecessary <br />waste through channel losses. <br /> <br />(b) <br /> <br />Reservoir inflow in excess of the amount stored under the transferred <br /> <br />8 <br />