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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />It'''''lt l' <br />, ':I I... <br /> <br />(a) Transfer of the storage decree of the Model <br />Land and Irr~gation Company for 20,000 acre- <br />~eet annuallY from the present site to the pro- <br />posed Trinidad Reservoir. <br /> <br />(b) Storage in the Trinidad Reservoir of flood <br />flows originating on the Purgatoire River <br />above the dam site whlch would otherwise spill <br />from John Martin Reservoir. <br /> <br />(c) Storage in Trinidad Reservoir of the winter <br />flows of the Purgatoire River historically <br />diverted for winter irrigation of project <br />lands. <br /> <br />3. The maintenance. of a minimum pool for enhancement. of recrea- <br />tion and fishery values. <br /> <br />4. The construction of the Trinidad Dam and Reservoir with the <br />following allocated capacities: <br /> <br />Flood control <br /> <br />51,000 acre-feet <br /> <br />Irrigation. . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />20,000 acre-feet <br />4,500 acre-feet <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />Pennanent fishery pool. <br /> <br />Joint use * . . . . <br /> <br />39.000 acre-feet <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />. . . <br /> <br />Total capacity 114,500 acre-t'eet <br />* For irrigation and sediment accumulation <br /> <br />Article II - DEFINITION OF TERMS <br /> <br />Definition of tel1DS as used herein: <br /> <br />1. "Reservoir" means the reservoir presently planned and <br />authorized for construction on the PurgatOire River <br />above the city of Trinidad, Colorado. <br /> <br />.2. "District" means the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy' <br />District, that entity created and existing under laws of <br />the State of Colorado to contract for repayment to the <br />United States of an appropriate share of the project <br />costs allocated to the irrigation use. The District <br /> <br />2 <br />