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Show DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMPACT 145 fully diverted by the normal operation of all works existing and in actual operation within each state in the Delaware drainage basin when this compact becomes effective, and the future diversion of water in quantities not exceeding those heretofore lawfully diverted by the normal operation of such works shall not be charged against the total quantity which may be diverted under authority of this ar- ticle by that signatory state in which said works are located. "article vi "Diversions allowable under article V may be made by each signa- tory state from any tributary of the Delaware river within that state for use either within or without the Delaware drainage basin, subject to the following restrictions and limitations: "(1) Authority for every development shall be obtained, and every development shall be carried out, under the laws of the state in which it is located. " (2) On every tributary from which a diversion is made there shall be provided sufficient storage to insure the reserve flows required by this article. "(3) Within the upper basin, at all times during the months of July, August, September and October, there shall be released from storage and delivered into the tributary or into the channel of the Delaware river above the point at which the tributary enters said channel a reserve equal to forty-five hundredths (0.45) of a cubic foot per second for each square mile of drainage area above the point of storage; during the remainder of the year such a reserve flow shall be maintained only on the days when the flow from the drainage area above the point of storage is less than forty-five hundredths (0.45) of a cubic foot per second for each square mile of drainage area above the point of storage. " (4) Within the lower basin there shall at all times be released from storage and delivered into the tributary or into the channel of the Delaware river above the point at which the tributary enters said channel, a reserve flow equal to fifteen hundredths (0.15) of a cubic foot per second for each square mile of drainage area above the point of storage. ¦'article vii "Diversions allowable under article V may be made by each signa- tory state from the channel of the Delaware river for use either within or without the Delaware drainage basin, subject to the following restrictions and limitations: "(1) All diversions shall be made in accordance with schedules which shall be prescribed from time to time by the commission. In the upper basin said schedules shall allow to each diverting state at least one-third of the flow over and above the reserve flow require- ments; in the lower basin said schedules shall allow to each diverting state at least one-half of the flow over and above the reserve flow requirements. Any schedule prescribed by the commission authorizing |
