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Show DELAWARE RIVER LITIGATION 631 outside of the Delaware River watershed without compensating re- leases shall not exceed an average of 100 m.g.d. during any calendar year. "VI. Existing Uses not Affected by Amended Decree. The parties to this proceeding shall have the right to continue all existing uses of the waters of the Delaware River and its tributaries, not involving a diversion outside the Delaware River watershed, in the manner and at the locations presently exercised by municipalities or other govern- mental agencies, industries or persons in the Delaware River watershed in the States of New York, New Jersey and Delaware and the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania. "VII. River Master. "A. Designation.-Subject to the concurrence of the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Chief Hydraulic Engineer of the U.S. Geological Survey, or such other engineer of the U.S. Geological Sur- vey as shall at any time be designated by the Chief Hydraulic Engi- neer, is hereby designated as River Master. "B. Duties.-The River Master shall either in person or through his assistants possess, exercise and perform the following duties and functions: "1. General Duties. " (a) Administer the provisions of this decree relating to yields, diversions and releases so as to have the provisions of this decree carried out with the greatest possible accuracy; " (b) Conserve the waters in the river, its tributaries and in any reservoirs maintained in the Delaware River watershed by the City of New York or any which may hereafter be developed by any of the other parties hereto; " (c) Compile and correlate all available data on the water needs of the parties hereto; "(d) Check and correlate the pertinent stream flow gagings on the Delaware River and its tributaries; "(e) Observe, record, and study the effect of developments on the Delaware River and its tributaries upon water supply and other necessary, proper and desirable uses; and "(f) Make periodic reports to this Court, not less frequently than annually, and send copies thereof to the Governors of Dela- ware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, and to the Mayor of the City of New York. "2. Specific Duties With Respect to the Montague Release For- mula. In connection with the releases of water which the City of New York is required to make under Par. III-B-1 (b) of this decree, the River Master, in co-operation with the City of New York, shall, by appropriate observation and estimates, perform the following duties: " (a) Determine the average times of transit of the flow between the release works of the several reservoirs of the City and Montague and between the release works of other storage reser- voirs in the watershed and Montague; "(b) Make a daily computation of what the average flow ob- served on the previous day at Montague would have been, except for that portion previously contributed by releases of the City or as affected by the contributing or withholding of water at other |
