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r" r -19- and who irrigate under the Riverside system must bear the con- veyance loss from the outlet 'of the reservoir to their farm head- gates. This is done by separating the canal into "divisions"; .. . the conveyance loss for each division is calculated separately. In 1966 a farmer in division 1 received about 10 acre-feet at his farm headgate for each 12 acre-feet turned out for him at the . reservoir outlet; in division 2 the delivery was 8-1/2 acre-feet, in division 3 it was 7 acre-feet; and in division 4, 6 acre-feet. Those farmers and ditch companies holding "private rights" in the Company reservoir, and who irrigate from a ditch other than the Riverside, pose difficult problems for the system. Formerly their water was released on demand from the reservoir, through the outlet canal to the river. upkeep of the outlet canal was difficult, and transit losses in the river were. great. As a result, the Company has developed a policy of having the District lease as many of those "foreign private rights" as possible, each year, so that the water can be delivered to the District taxpayers under the Riverside system instead. The Company then leases other "private rights" in other reservoirs, such as Prewitt Reser- voir or Jackson Lake Reservoir, and delivers that water to the . owners of the remaining "foreign private rights" in lieu of their , Riverside rights. Sometimes the District utilizes its C-BT a110t- > ments to provide water for these unleased "foreign private rights" but this is inefficient. The result is that the outlet canal to , "- .the river has not been used for several years, and no Riverside . Company reservoir water is released to the river for the "foreign private rights". (This system raises serious internal accounting questions WOODWARD.CLYDE_SHERARD AND ASSOCIATES