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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />l' GO' . <br />J i <br />Salas <br /> <br />61.8 <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />19,457.7 <br /> <br />2. All water deliveries to the 19,499 acres of the District irril!able area will be <br />limited during the irrigation season to the irrigation requirements at the farm headgate as <br />determined by the District. Allowance for canal and lateral losses on the individual ditch <br />systems will also be determined by the District. <br /> <br />3. Water deliveries from the District water supply may be diverted or stored for <br />M & I or permanent fisherY pool our:poses with the following limitations: <br /> <br />(a) Only water attributable to the historic consumptive use of the District <br />water sl1Pply allocated for acreage removed from irri~ation may be made available for M & I <br />storage or permanent fishery pool storage. <br /> <br />(b) Water attributable to historic return flows associated with the exercise of <br />the water rights used on the acrea~e removed from irri~ation shall be released in such a manner <br />as to maintain the historic retum flow patterns to the Purgatoire River, as necessary to prevent a <br />material depletion thereto. <br /> <br />(c) Removal of District irrigable land from irril!ation to enable water to be <br />diverted or stored for M & I or permanent fishery pool purposes shall correspondingly reduce the <br />number of acres allowed to be irrigated from the District Water Suoply. <br /> <br />(d) Water deliveries from the District water supply for storage in the <br />permanent fishery pool shall be stored directly in the permanent fisheIy pool capacity and any <br />water stored to maintain historical return flow patterns pursuant to (b) above attributable to such <br />stored water shall be stored in the irrigation capacity: provided such water stored shall not be <br />accounted for as stored water in administration of the water storage limitations of the irri~ation <br />capacity. <br /> <br />4. No water deliveries for irrigation of the 19,499 acres of the District irrigable area <br />will be made during the non-irrigation season. Water may be released during the non-irrigation <br />season for stockwater and for M & I use or to maintain historic retum flow patterns for lands <br />removed from irrigation. <br /> <br />C. District Water Suooly <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 supply, consists of: <br /> <br />(a) The water stored under the District storal!e right in the irril!ation capacity, <br />(initially about 59,000 acre feet). <br /> <br />7 <br />