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In"'" , .)0 . Article III - FLOOD CONTROL Trinidad Reservoir shall be operated for flood control benefits in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army and the following operating principles: v I. AU potentiaUy damaging flood inflows shall be temporarily detained as necessary ,/ to limit the flow insofar as possible to a non-damaging flow, currently estimated to be 5,000 cfs., downstream from the Trinidad Reservoir. 2. All flood water stored in the flow control capacity shall be released at the maximum non-damaging rate insofar as practicable. / y,yut.j 3. Any inflow, other than that stored for irrigation andlMlJlli_cjp1lIandII1!:l~~triat(M & I) use, temporarily retained below the bottom of the flood control capacity for flood control v" purposes, shall be released by the operating agency at such a rate, time, and quantity as may be ordered by the Colorado State Engineer, but within non-damaging flow in the channels below the reservoir. Article IV -IRRIGATION. MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL . Administration of the irrigation capacity in Trinidad Reservoir and the distribution of water to the District irri~able area ang.12M & I uses within the District will be made by the District in accordance with House Document No. 3'25, 84th Congress, 2d Session, and these operating principles. Agreements, satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, have been entered _ __Jl1Jo between the District and the ditch companies and other owners of affected water rights to ~~that these principles and the operation described herein shall be adopted. The principles and provisions under which the District will administer water supplies to the District irri~able area and to M & I use~ within the District are contained in the foUowing four parts of this Article: "Water Rights''Q''Limits of Land and Water Use", "District Water Supply", and "Operation and Exercise of Water Rights". {/ / A. Water Rights Accorpplishment of the following conditions is necessary under the laws of the State of ,; Colorado to provide the District with the right to regulate the flows of the Purgatoire River in the manner described herein: . I. Water users within the District have assigned the right to the exercise of the following decreed direct flow water rights alljl1former water district No. 19, and within the District boundaries to the District for administration by the District at such times and to the degree outlined in these principles. j ./ !/ 4