Common use of DETERMINATION OF SHORTAGE; SHORTAGE ALLOCATION PERIODS Clause in Contracts

DETERMINATION OF SHORTAGE; SHORTAGE ALLOCATION PERIODS. A shortage shall exist on the Rio Pueblo when its flow is insufficient to provide the PDR for the Lawful Irrigation or Stock Uses for the Pueblo and the Acequia Madre del Pueblo. In times of shortage and consistent with Article 8.2.2.4, the Pueblo will cease diversions upstream from the Acequia Madre del Pueblo during the two and one-half (2½) day period of each week that the shortage exists. Regardless of the Acequia Madre del Pueblo’s project delivery requirement, the Pueblo may use two (2) cubic-feet per second flow during those days for purposes of stockwatering and domestic uses.