[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR418.38]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
      CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 418--OPERATING CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR THE NEWLANDS RECLAMATION PROJECT, NEVADA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 418.38  Maximum allowable diversion.

    (a) The MAD established in this part is based on the premise that 
the Project should be operated to ensure that it is capable of 
delivering to the headgate of each water right holder the full water 
entitlement for irrigable eligible acres and includes distribution 
system losses. The MAD will be established (and is likely to vary) each 
year.

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The annual MAD will be calculated each year based on the actual acreage 
to be irrigated that year.
    (b) Historically, actual deliveries at farm headgates have been 
approximately 90 percent of entitlements. This practice is expected to 
continue but the percentage is expected to change. This variance between 
headgate deliveries and headgate entitlements will be calculated 
annually under this part and is allowed to be diverted if needed and 
thereby provides an assurance that full headgate deliveries can be made. 
The expected diversion and associated efficiency target for the examples 
shown in the Newlands Project Water Budget table would be: 285,243 AF 
and 65.1 percent in 1996 and beyond. These are well below the MAD 
limits; however, the District may divert up to the MAD if it is needed 
to meet valid headgate entitlements.

       Appendix A to Part 418--Calculation of Efficiency Equation

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