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. 15f15 2. The District water suoolv will be allocated by the District to the ditches within the District to provide each acre of the District irriaable area an equitable share of the District water suoolv after allowance has been made for individual ditch transportation losses, provided such allocation will not exceed the irrigation requirements at the farm headgate. D. Ooeration and Exercise of Water Riahts The principles governing operation of the irriaation caoacitv and the District's exercise of the assigned direct flow water rights listed under IV.A.I. and the District storaae riaht are hereinafter set forth as they apply to operations during the entire year as well as to operations during either the non-irriaation season or irriaation season. 1. Non-interference with Downstream Water Riahts (a) Bypasses to the river shall be made at any time during the year to satisfy downstream senior rights as ordered by the Colorado State Enaineer to the extent that such demands are not met by stream gains or otherwise satisfiedb but are limited to the extent as determined by the Colorado State Enaineer to actually benefit such rights without unnecessary waste through channel losses. . (b) Reservoir inflow in excess of the amount stored under the transferred Model right may be detained in the reservoir at such times as John Martin Reservoir is reasonably expected to spill; to the extent that John Martin Reservoir would have spilled, such detained water shall be considered to have been stored under the District storaae riaht and become part of the District water sHoolv. Such detained water which does not become a part of the District water suoolv shall be released as called for by the Colorado State Enaineer in the amounts ahd at 'such times as he shall determine that such releases may be required to avoid a material depletion of the water of the Arkansas River as defined in Article 3 of the Arkansas River Compact, C.R.S., 1953, 148-9-1. (c) Except as provided by paragraph (b) above, any water temporarily detained in the reservoir as a result of the reservoir inflow exceeding the design outlet capacity of the reservoir shall be released as soon as possible. . (d) All releases from the reservoir as set forth in (a), (b) and (c) above, shall be passed down the Purgatoire River without interference by water users in the District irriaable ~. 9 ,