PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 155-MAY 31, 1949
impose any call on Colorado water users that divert waters of the
Arkansas River upstream from John Martin Dam.
"E. (1) Releases of stored water and releases of river flow may be
made simultaneously upon the demands of either or both States.
"(2) Water released upon concurrent or separate demands shall be
applied promptly to beneficial use unless storage thereof downstream
is authorized by the Administration.
"(3) Releases of river flow and of stored water to Colorado shall
be measured by gaging stations located at or near John Martin Dam
and the releases to which Kansas is entitled shall be satisfied by an
equivalent in Stateline flow.
"(4) When water is released from John Martin Reservoir appro-
priate allowances as determined by the Administration shall be made
for the intervals of time required for such water to arrive at the points
of diversion in Colorado and at the Stateline.
"(5) There shall be no allowance or accumulation of credits or
debits for or against either State.
" (6) Storage, releases from storage and releases of river flow author-
ized in this Article shall be accomplished pursuant to procedures
prescribed by the Administration under the provisions of Article VIII.
"F. In the event the Administration finds that within a period of
fourteen (14) days the water in the conservation pool will be or is
liable to be exhausted, the Administration shall forthwith notify the
State Engineer of Colorado, or his duly authorized representative,
that commencing upon a day certain within said fourteen (14) day
period, unless a change of conditions justifies cancellation or modifica-
tion of such notice, Colorado shall administer the decreed rights of
water users in Colorado Water District 67 as against each other and
as against all rights now or hereafter decreed to water users diverting
upstream from John Martin Dam on the basis of relative priorities
in the same manner in which their respective priority rights were
administered by Colorado before John Martin Reservoir began to
operate and as though John Martin Dam had not been constructed.
Such priority administration by Colorado shall be continued until
the Administration finds that water is again available in the conserva-
tion pool for release as provided in this Compact, and timely notice
of such finding shall be given by the Administration to the State
Engineer of Colorado or his duly authorized representative: Pro-
vided, that except as controlled by the operation of the preceding
provisions of this paragraph and other applicable provisions of this
Compact, when there is water in the conservation pool the water users
upstream from John Martin Reservoir shall not be affected by the
decrees to the ditches in Colorado Water District 67. Except when
administration in Colorado is on a priority basis the water diver-
sions in Colorado Water District 67 shall be administered by
Colorado in accordance with distribution agreements made from time
to time between the water users in such District and filed with the
Administration and with the State Engineer of Colorado or, in the
absence of such agreement, upon the basis of the respective priority
decrees, as against each other, in said District.
"G. During periods when Colorado reverts to administration of
decreed priorities, Kansas shall not be entitled to any portion of the
river flow entering John Martin Reservoir. Waters of the Arkansas
River originating in Colorado which may flow across the Stateline
during such periods are hereby apportioned to Kansas.
"H. If the usable quantity and availability for use of the waters
of the Arkansas River to water users in Colorado Water District 67
and Kansas will be thereby materially depleted or adversely affected,
(1) priority rights now decreed to the ditches of Colorado Water
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