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<br />3. The cost of construction and perpetual operatioll and maj.ntenance of
<br />the Aapen Reservoir shall oe a charge agaimt the project and shall be paid
<br />trom' project revenues or as etherwise provided by the Congress of the United
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<br />4. The Aspen I~servoir shall be completed before any ~ater is diverte~
<br />to Eastern Colorado by means of the project.
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<br />5. The primary purpose of Aspen ,Reservoir is to furnish, in like manner
<br />as if the project were constructed by a water conservancy district organized
<br />pursuant to the laws of the state of Colorado, the water required for the pro-
<br />tection of ITestern Colorado water users ~ the provisions of Section 1, Chapter
<br />192, Colorlldo Session Laws, 1943, reading as followsl "provided, however, that
<br />any 170rks or facilities )"llanned and designed for the exportation of water from
<br />the natural basin of the Colorado ,liver a.ld its tributaries in Colorado, by any
<br />district cre~ted ,ender this chapter, srall be subject to the provisions of the
<br />Colorado :d. ver COMpact and the Boulder Cano'ol1 It'oject ;\ct, as ar.'8nded: tho. t any
<br />such 'I'Or1,s or facilities shall be desi:~ne,j, constructed and o;1'er" ced in such a
<br />i:1anner that tj-',8 ]W8sent appropriations 0"' rnter, and in aC:chtion thereto
<br />prospective uses of '::a~er for ird,'.,qti"l1 'L'1d other beneficial COl1sur.optive-use
<br />purposes, includia" consuMptive uses Lor clouestic, mininG and industrial pur-
<br />poses, ,:~thin thc natural basin of the Colorado,River in the State of Colorado,
<br />from which 'later is exported, "ill lOot be i'''p:lired nor increased in cost at the
<br />expense of t:1e ,-rater users ";i thin the said natural basin; and that the facilities
<br />and other uean~ for the acconplishment of said purpo:;e shall be incorporated in,
<br />and made a part of, any project plans for the exportation of \'later from said
<br />natural basin in Colorado."
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<br />6. The replacerr.ent capacity of the Aspen ReseryQir .is that portion-of..
<br />- - -the-total-reservoiYciipac-ity requfred 'to- protect existinr: rights to the use of
<br />water in Western Colorado for domestic, irrigation, and n':anufacturing purposes
<br />(inclUding porrer generation) and hereafter acquired rights to the use of water
<br />in Western" Colorado Lor domestic, irrication, and manufacturing purposes
<br />(excluding power generation) against <1:1 y and all losses of needed vrateI' because
<br />of stream depletions resulting from project operations. In the determination
<br />of such replace~ent capacity, consideration shall be given to,' but not neces-
<br />sarily limited to, needs for water for the follOWing purposes, such needs, how-
<br />ever, not to be for quantities in excess of those quantities of water which
<br />would have been available from the Roaring Fork River to supply such needs if
<br />the project had not been constructed:
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<br />(a) To supplY existinG rights below Aspen rleservoir;
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<br />(b) To irrigate ne?l land ar.d provide for supplement.al irri-
<br />gation in ':estem Colorado;
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<br />(c) To satisJy the obli:;ation .ofthe _lOaring Forl( ,,{iver "to con-
<br />-tribute its proportional s'o,,,,',, of the required \'lintel' flO':rs at a
<br />point immediately !,ela' the cor.;l:1ence of the RoarinG Fork itiver
<br />and the Colorado :a.ver; and
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