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<br />," . .'.., ,~ <br />1 i.t ': <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Reservoir filled and spilled. The downstream water users benefitted from Trinidad Reservoir by <br /> <br />storage at a time the water could not have been beneficially used and then releasing the water for <br /> <br />beneficial use during the review period. The downstream water users benefitted in the amount of <br /> <br />the return flows from Project lands or about 5600 acre feet assuming an irrigation return flow of <br /> <br />40 per cent. No further attempt was made to estimate the benefits of storage of water in Trinidad <br /> <br />Reservoir that under historic conditions would have spilled from John Martin Reservoir. <br /> <br />[, 5. Other rssu~s \ <br />There are several mino.!: departures from the operating principles in operation of the <br />- <br /> <br />~~~ <br />~J~ <br /> <br />Trinidad Project. These departures have had !:Io effect on downstream water users in Colorado <br /> <br />and Kansas in accordance with Kansas' Condition No. ~ for approval of the operating principles. <br /> <br />These departures do have an effect on the District'. ohility to attain optimllm beneficial use of the <br /> <br />. Project water supply in accordance with Article VI of the operating principles, <br /> <br />Article ry.B.2" of the operating principles limits the delivery of water to the District <br />, . bl d' h" . h ... . h f: h' ~,.... <br />lmga e area unng t e lmgatlOn season to t e ImgatlOn reqUirement at t e orm pongate as 1-""-<:......R..d-w"'"llL <br />determined by the District. An allowance for canal and lateral losses on the individual ditch <br /> <br />systems should also be determined by the District. Af.ticle IY.C.2. of the operating principles <br /> <br />requires the District water supply to be allocated by the District to the individual ditches to <br /> <br />provide each irrigable acre of the District an equitable share of the District water supply after <br /> <br />allowance has been made for individual ditch transportation losses, provided, the allocation <br /> <br />shall not exceed the irrigation requirement at the farm headgate. Article rV.B.3.(c) provides that <br /> <br />after the irrigation capacity is empty, as determined by the District, the District will relinquish <br /> <br />exercise of the direct flow water rights provided that if reservoir inflow, divertable stream gains <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />24 <br />