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Section of the river in that state, each such deficiency shall be made up, within the next succeeding period of
<br />seventy-two hours, by delivery of additional flow at the Interstate Station, over and above the amount specified in
<br />paragraph two (2) of this Article, sufficient to compensate for such deficiency.
<br />6. Reductions in diversions from the Lower Section of the river, necessary to the performance of paragraph two (2)
<br />of this Article by Colorado, shall not impair the rights of appropriators in Colorado (not to include the proposed
<br />Nebraska canal described in Article VI), whose supply has been so reduced, to demand and receive equivalent amounts
<br />of water from other parts of the stream in that State according to its Constitution, laws, and the decisions of its courts.
<br />7. Subject to compliance with the provisions of this Article, Colorado shall have and enjoy the otherwise full and
<br />uninterrupted use and benefit of the waters of the river which hereafter may flow within the boundaries of that State
<br />from the first day of April to the fifteenth day of October in each year, but Nebraska shall be permitted to divert, under
<br />and subject to the provisions and conditions of Article VI, any surplus waters which otherwise would flow past the
<br />Interstate Station.
<br />Article V
<br />1. Colorado shall have the right to maintain, operate, and extend, within Nebraska, the Peterson Canal and other
<br />canals of the Julesburg Irrigation District which now are or may hereafter be used for the carriage of water from the
<br />South Platte River for the irrigation of lands in both states, and Colorado shall continue to exercise control and
<br />jurisdiction of said canals and the carriage and delivery of water thereby. This Article shall not excuse Nebraska water
<br />users from making reports to Nebraska officials in compliance with the Nebraska laws.
<br />2. Colorado waives any objection to the delivery of water for irrigation of lands in Nebraska by the canals
<br />mentioned in paragraph one (1) of this Article, and agrees that all interests in said canals and the use of waters carried
<br />thereby, now or hereafter acquired by owners of lands in Nebraska, shall be afforded the same recognition and
<br />protection as are the interests of similar land owners served by said canals within Colorado; provided, however, that
<br />Colorado reserves to those in control of said canals the right to enforce the collection of charges or assessments,
<br />hereafter levied or made against such interest of owners of the lands in Nebraska, by withholding the delivery of water
<br />until the payment of such charges or assessments; provided, however, such charges or assessments shall be the same as
<br />those levied against similar interests of owners of lands in Colorado.
<br />3. Nebraska grants to Colorado the right to acquire by purchase, prescription, or the exercise of eminent domain,
<br />such rights-of-way, easements or lands as may be necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation, and
<br />protection of those parts of the above mentioned canals which now or hereafter may extend into Nebraska.
<br />Article VI
<br />It is the desire of Nebraska to permit its citizens to cause a canal to be constructed and operated for the diversion of
<br />water from the South Platte River within Colorado for irrigation of lands in Nebraska; that said canal may commence
<br />on the south bank of said river at a point southwesterly from the town of Ovid, Colorado, and may run thence easterly
<br />through Colorado along or near the line of survey of the formerly proposed "Perkins County Canal" (sometimes known
<br />as the "South Divide Canal") and into Nebraska, and that said project shall be permitted to divert waters of the river as
<br />hereinafter provided. With respect to such proposed canal it is agreed:
<br />1. Colorado consents that Nebraska and its citizens may hereafter construct, maintain, and operate such a canal and
<br />thereby may divert water from the South Platte River within Colorado for use in Nebraska, in the manner and at the
<br />time in this Article provided, and grants to Nebraska and its citizens the right to acquire by purchase, prescription, or
<br />the exercise of eminent domain such rights-of-way, easements or lands as may be necessary for the construction,
<br />maintenance, and operation of said canal; subject, however, to the reservations and limitations and upon the conditions
<br />expressed in this Article which are and shall be limitations upon and reservations and conditions running with the rights
<br />and privileges hereby granted, and which shall be expressed in all permits issued by Nebraska with respect to said
<br />canal.
<br />2. The net future flow of the Lower Section of the South Platte River, which may remain after supplying all present
<br />and future appropriations from the Upper Section, and after supplying all appropriations from the Lower Section
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