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diverted at the new point or points of diversion shall be used only once. 3. Applicants shall not be entitled to use the Bessemer Ditch headgate and the Bessemer Ditch for the delivery of the water which is the subject matter of these proceedings until they shall have acquired legal right to use such facilities. 6. St. Charles !Mesa Water Association shall con- struct, operate and maintain at all times at the St. Charles Men proposed pump stations described above, facilities approved by the Division Engineer sufficient to measure on a continuous recording basis all withdrawals of water from the Arkansas River under this decree. All water taken at these alternate points of diversion shall be measured through such facilities. All water taken under this decree through the Bessemer Ditch shall be subject to measurement by continuous recording devices approved by the Division Engineer. 5. Applicant shall install an adequate diversion measuring and continuous recording device at Applicants' present headgate and an adequate control and continuous recording device at a location at or below the lowest downstream headgate on Cottonwood Creek to assure the proper measurement of the water whlch'Applicants would have been entitled to take at the present headgate and to insure the adequate measurement and delivery to the Arkansas River of whatever portion of the 3.8 c.f.s. may not be subject to call. Said devices shall be approved by the Division Engineer. Approval of the Division Engineer of any such devices shall not preclude objection thereto by an Objector. 6. Such diversion measuring and recording devices shall be capable of diverting, measuring and recording the diversion of at least 5 c.f.s., or any part thereof, and shall re-deliver the amount so measured to the stream. The -8-