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Show NORTH PLATTE RIVER LITIGATION 755 If a division of flow were made according to total acreage, total requirements, or acreage or requirements of senior and junior appro- priators, it would be as follows : Wyoming Nebraska Percent Percent Total Acreage____.............................................................. 27 73 Total Requirement in Acre-Feet................................_______........... 23 77 Total Senior Acreage..-.........................................________________ 24 76 Total Junior Acreage........._____________..................................... 28 72 Total Acre-Feet Requirement, Senior Acreage_________.............________........ 22 78 Total Acre-Feet Requirement, Junior Acreage____..............____________________ 23 77 If the river flow is separated according to priority groups, water values expressed in second feet, and it is assumed that each canal diverts, in order of priority, the maximum limit of one second foot for each 70 acres, the result is as follows: Flow Priority Basis Percentages Acreage Basis 24-76 % Acre-Feet Basis 22-78 % Wyoming 1 Nebraska Wyoming Nebraska Wyoming Nebraska Wyoming Nebraska 1. Up to 103 second feet____ 2. 103 to 1,027 (924)........ 103 0 0 924 100 0 24 222 79 702 23 203 80 721 Cumulative Totals____ 3. 1,027 to 1,121 (94)........ 103 94 924 0 10 90 246 23 781 71 226 21 801 73 Cumulative Totals____ 4. 1,121, to 1,328 (207)...... 197 0 924 207 18 82 269 50 852 157 247 46 874 161 Cumulative Totals____ 5. 1,328 to 1,494 (166)....... 197 166 1,131 0 15 85 319 40 1,009 126 293 37 1,035 129 Cumulative Totals____ 6. 1,494 to 1,513 (19)........ 363 0 1,131 19. 24 76 359 5 1,135 14 330 4 1,164 15 Cumulative Totals____ 7. 1,513 to 1,526 (13)........ 363 13 1,150 0 24 76 364 3 1,149 10 334 3 1,179 10 Cumulative Totals____ 376 1,150 25 75 367 1,159 337 1,189 28^72 % 23-77 % 8. 1,526 to 4,382 (2,858)..... 801 2,057 28 72 690 2,168 629 2,229 Grand Totals......... 1,177 3,207 27 73 1,057 3,327 966 3,418 4,384 4,384 4,3cT4 27-73 % 23-73% 1 to 8 inclusive....... 1,177 3,207 27 73 1,184 3,200 1,008 3,376 It is thus apparent that whether a division be proportioned to total acreage or to total diversion requirements or be made on a strict priority basis, there would be no substantial difference except as to the first 1,500 second feet. The maximum difference as to other water would be 6%. Wyoming argues for a mass allocation, e.g. 705,000 acre-feet to be allocated to Nebraska for diversion in this section during the irriga- |