WSP08564

• File Number: 8147
• Description: Gunnison-Arkansas Project
• State: CO
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 2/27/1951
• Author: CWCB
• Title: Report of Policy and Review Committee with Proposed Principles of Operation
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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(d) To satisfy the obligation of the Roarin(5 Fork Hi ver to con-
tribute its proportional share of a de~and of at least 300,000 acre-
feet of ,"ater annually in the Colorado Hiver below its confluence
with the Roaring Fork Riv8r, for domestic and manufacturing uses,
Said demand for use in Vies tern Colorado is to be met at the times
and in the amounts required.

~[ater stored in the replacement capacity of the ASt'en ;ieservoir shall
be released by the United Jtates, upon the request of the state administrative
ap;ency ha'lin:: rc:;ronsible char::e of the dis,-ribution of the water of the stream
or streans affected, "'rhenever the needs in the Colorado 2iver Basin in ',!estern
Colorado belo', the ::nject diversion poi'1ts ';:or the uses covered by this para-
graph 6 exceed the available suppl;' of Hater; ;->rovided that the rat,e ofrelease
of such stored "f",-"r shall be reasonaiole and pro)'cr ':cith due regard for the
needs in Yiester!1 ~olorado f01' replacelocnG ':;a i:.er and Hi th due regard, also, for
r,he obligation of the project, to SUppl~i Sc,Cil ':Iater.

No charge shall ever te i,oDose:1 for "'a eel' releasee frolll, 0 I' made avail-
able by reason of releasee; from, the replacement capacity of the Aspen Reservoir.

7. That portion of ,the total capacity of the Aspen Reservoir not needed
as replacement capacity constitutes S'~rplt,s capacity. "ater stored in such sur-
plus capacity may be sold or leased by the United :itates to water users in
Western Colorado. Charges for the use of such water shall be comparable to
chare:es for use of project water for similar purposes in Eastern Colorado with
appropriate adjustment for the repayment ability of such water users. If it
hereafter appears th~t the cost of procuring water, from sources other than the
,surplus-capacity-of- .the-Aspen, ,;(eservoi-r,. -for-the 'same' uses-as-those-to-,vhich--- -
water from the surplus capacity of the reservoir is to be rr.ade available shall
have been increased by reason of the construction and operation of the project,
then the charges for water released from the surplus capacity shall be diminished
by the amount of such increase in cost.

8. l"roject ,'ivel'sions from Lime Cree!, shall be made only in the months
of ;,;ay and June of each year.

9. To protect recreational va~lles, including fishing, no diversions
from Western Colorado ';lill be made nl1ich reduce the remaining a[;gre[;3.te stream
flows to less than either of the follm',i.n~ J;]inimum standards:

(a) TI1e FrJinGPan collection ~ysGem at the points of diversion
COllectively, exclusive of Lime~rcel~,-- 15 c.f.s. October 1 through
i;arch 31; 30 c.f.s. April 1 tilroll:;h SepteLber 30;

(b) Hear :'Iorrie ~ immeJi,o.tel:' helorr the junction of I'jorth Fork
and Tryingpah River) -'- 30 c.f .s'. October 1 througl1 I"arch Jl;lOOc,-f~s.-
April 1 through A;cril 30; 150 c.Ls, i.ay 1 through j,ay 31; 200 c.r,s.
June 1 through June 30; 100 c.f.s. July 1 through July 31; 75 c.r.s.
August 1 through AUGust 31; 65 c.f.s. September 1 through September 30.

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