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Show 304 INTERSTATE COMPACTS 1. The quantity of water, in acre-feet, that has passed the "Wyoming state line in the Snake Iiiver to the given date, deter- mined on the basis of gaging stations to be established at such points as are agreed on under the provisions of B of Article VI. 2. The change during that water year to the given date in quantity of water, in acre-feet, in any existing or future reservoirs in Wyoming which water is for use in Idaho. 3. The quantity of water, in acre-feet, stored in that water year and in storage on the given date for later diversion and use in Wyoming, under rights having a priority later than June 30,1949. 4. One-third of the quantity of water, in acre-feet, excluding any storage water held over from prior years, diverted, under rights having a priority later than June 30, 1949, in that water year to the given date: (a) from the Snake Iiiver for use that year on lands in Wyoming, and (b) from tributaries of the Salt Eiver for use that year on lands in Idaho. C. There are hereby excluded from the allocations made by this compact: 1. existing and future domestic and stock-water uses of water; provided, that the capacity of any reservoir for stockwater shall not exceed 20 acre-feet; 2. established Wvoming rights; and 3. all water rights for use in Idaho on any tributary of the Salt River heading in Idaho which were validly established undei the Laws of Idaho prior to July 1,1949; and all such uses and rights are hereby recognized. ARTICLE IV No water of the Snake River shall be diverted in Wyoming for use outside the drainage area of the Snake River except with the approval of Idaho; and no water of any tributary of the Salt River heading in Idaho shall be diverted in Idaho for use outside the drainage area of said tributary except with the approval of Wyoming. article v Subject to the provisions of this compact, waters of the Snake River may be impounded and used for the generation of electrical power, but such impounding and use shall be subservient to the use of such waters for domestic, stock and irrigation purposes, and shall not inter- fere with or prevent their use for such preferred purposes. Water impounded or diverted in Wyoming exclusively for the generation of electrical power shall not be charged to the allocation set forth in Article III of this compact. ARTICLE VI A. It shall be the duty of the two States to administer this compact through the official in each State who is now or may hereafter be charged with the administration of the public water supplies, and to collect and correlate through such officials the data necessary for the proper administration of the provisions of this compact. Such officials |