Opinion ID: 1134606
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Heading: return flow

Text: One of the central issues in this case is the rights of Highland to return flow or its equivalent. As stated later herein, Highland had notice of the transfer proceedings culminating in the 1965 decree, and is bound by that decree. If Highland had appeared in those proceedings the decree undoubtedly would have contained conditions which would protect Highland from injury by reason of operation of the Project plan. [7] The result here, however, is substantially the same as if Highland had made a timely appearance and assertion of rights. House Document No. 325 and the Operating Principles were designed to protect Highland's rights in this respect; and, by incorporating that document and the Operating Principles, the decree did protect them. In its July 1964 (revised Sept. 1964) Irrigation Report on the Trinidad Project, the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Region 7, Denver, Colorado, stated: