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Show 772 INTERSTATE ADJUDICATIONS Pathfinder Reservoir-considered as off-set. Evaporation losses will be divided between natural flow and storage water flowing in any section of river channel upon a proportional basis. This proportion will ordinarily be determined at the upper end of the section except under conditions of intervening accruals or diver- sions that materially change the ratio of storage to natural flow at the lower end of the section. In such event the average propor- tion for the section will be determined by using the mean ratio for the two ends of the section. In the determination of transportation losses for the various sec- tions of the stream, such time intervals for the passage of water from point to point shall be used as may be agreed upon by Nebraska, Wyo- ming and the United States, or in the absence of such agreement, as may be decided upon from day to day by the manager of the govern- ment reservoirs, with such adjustments to be made by said manager from time to time as may be necessary to make as accurate a segre- gation as is possible. VI. This decree is intended to and does deal with and apportion only the natural flow of the North Platte River. Storage water shall not be affected by this decree and the owners of rights therein shall be permitted to distribute the same in accordance with any lawful contracts which they may have entered into or may in the future enter into, without interference because of this decree. VII. Such additional gauging stations and measuring devices at or near the Wyoming-Nebraska state line, if any, as may be necessary for making any apportionment herein decreed, shall be constructed and maintained at the joint and equal expense of Wyoming and Nebraska to the extent that the costs thereof are not paid by others. VIII. The State of Wyoming, its officers, attorneys, agents and employees be and they are hereby severally enjoined from diverting or permitting the diversion of water from the North Platte River or its tributaries at or above Alcova Reservoir in lieu of or in exchange for return flow water from the Kendrick Project reaching the North Platte River below Alcova Reservoir. IX. The State of Wyoming and the State of Colorado be and they hereby are each required to prepare and maintain complete and accurate records of the total area of land irrigated and the storage and exportation of the water of the North Platte River and its trib- utaries within those portions of their respective jurisdictions covered by the provisions of paragraphs I and II hereof, and such records shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times; provided, however, that such records shall not be required in reference to the water uses permitted by paragraph X hereof. X. This decree shall not affect or restrict the use or diversion of water from the North Platte River and its tributaries in Colorado or Wyoming for ordinary and usual domestic, municipal and stock watering purposes and consumption. XI. For the purposes of this decree: (a) "Season" or "seasonal" refers to the irrigation season, May 1 to September 30, inclusive; (b) The term "storage water" as applied to releases from reservoirs owned and operated by the United States is defined as any water which is released from reservoirs for use on lands under canals having stor- |