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1. The following a-mail is by Steve Vandiver from last year: "Today, I had an attorney <br />from South Fork challenge the 72-hour rule on using a storage pond to store <br />irrigation water in temporarily so as to be able to irrigate with a larger head than the <br />decree provided. Is there anything written which I can refer to? This guy will not <br />take my word for it. Can transmountain diversion water decreed for irrigation be <br />stored in such a pond and not be subject to the same rule?" <br />ARGUMENT: Since the return flows can be claimed by the owner and they do not <br />necessarily have to be continued to be returned to the stream as part of the natural <br />system and perhaps be reused for irrigation or other uses, does the owner have the <br />right to just store the water without having to comply with the 72-hour rule if it is <br />transbasin water they diverted in the first place into the pond? <br />The 72-hour rule applies. Ken Knox will draft a new policy confirming policy on this <br />subject to replace an old letter written by Hinderlider. <br />