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Show 262 INTERSTATE COMPACTS Arikaree River drainage basin, 15,400 acre-feet; South. Fork of the Republican River drainage basin, 25,400 acre- feet; Beaver Creek drainage basin, 3,300 acre-feet; and In addition, for beneficial consumptive use in Colorado, annually, the entire water supply of the Frenchman Creek (River) drainage basin in Colorado and of the Red Willow Creek drainage basin in Colorado. There is hereby allocated for beneficial consumptive use in Kansas, annually, a total of one hundred ninety thousand, three hundred (190,300) acre-feet of water. This total is to be derived from the sources and in the amounts hereinafter specified and is subject to such quantities being physically available from those sources: Arikaree River drainage basin, 1,000 acre-feet ¦ ; South Fork of the Republican River drainage basin, 23,000 acre- feet ; Driftwood Creek drainage basin, 500 acre-feet; Beaver Creek drainage basin, 6,400 acre-feet; ' Sappa Creek drainage basin, 8,800 acre-feet; Prairie Dog Creek drainage basin, 12,600 acre-feet; From the main stem of the Republican River upstream from the lowest crossing of the river at the Nebraska-Kansas state line and from water supplies of upstream basins otherwise unallocated here, 138,000 acre-feet; provided, that Kansas shall have the right to divert all or any portion thereof at or near Guide Rock, Nebraska; and In addition there is hereby allocated for beneficial consumptive use in Kansas, annually, the entire water supply originating in the Basin downstream from the lowest crossing of the river at the Nebraska- Kansas state line. There is hereby allocated for beneficial consumptive use in Ne- braska, annually, a total of two hundred thirty-four thousand, five hundred (234,500) acre-feet of water. This total is to be derived from the sources and in the amounts hereinafter specified and is subject to such quantities being physically available from those sources: North Fork of the Republican River drainage basin in Colorado, 11,000 acre-feet; Frenchman Creek (River) drainage basin in Nebraska, 52,800 acre- feet ; Rock Creek drainage basin, 4,400 acre-feet; Arikaree River drainage basin, 3,300 acre-feet; Buffalo Creek drainage basin, 2,600 acre-feet; South Fork of the Republican River drainage basin, 800 acre-feet; Driftwood Creek drainage basin, 1,200 acre-feet; Red Willow Creek drainage basin in Nebraska, 4,200 acre-feet; Medicine Creek drainage basin, 4,600 acre-feet; Beaver Creek drainage basin, 6,700 acre-feet; Sappa Creek drainage basin, 8,800 acre-feet; Prairie Dog Creek drainage basin, 2,100 acre-feet; From the North Fork of the Republican River in Nebraska, the main stem of the Republican River between the junction of the North Fork and Arikaree River and the lowest crossing of the river at the |