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3709 HUEDI DAM AND RESERVOIR, COLO. I 19 eastern llnd western slope agreement Oil project. operatiOl!s Ilnd pro- vided various measlIres fO[. the protection of dghts and Iuterests of the people on both slopes in Colorado. The principles "Iso recog- nized Aspen Dam and Reservoir of 28,000 acre-fe""t stor"g~ capacity as "n essential feature of the Fryingpan-Arkansas 'proJect plan. That reservoir was to furnish w:\h~l' required for protectIOn of we-stel'l Colorado water users in accordallce wit.h provisions of section 1, chapter 1D2, Colorado Session r,aws, 1M3, reading as follows: Provided, hOWeVe1", That any works or fliciliti(>S planned lll:ld deliiglled for the e:xPort1l.UOD ot water from the natural basin of the Co\ora{lo Riwr and its tributaries in Colorado, by any district created nnder tbis chapter, shall be suhjl:'Ct to the provisiolls of tbe Colorado River Compact ~Uld the Bouldt>r Canyon Project Act, as amended: that any such works or facilities shall be designed. (.onstructed Rnll operated in such a manner that tb~ present appropriatiolls ot' water, and in addition thereto prospective uses 0{ water for irrigatlon and other beneficial consulllptive-lH,e purpo5e~. including commmptive lI~es. for domes- tic, mining and industrhll purposes, within the natural basin of the Colorado Rlver in the State of Colorl.ldo, fcom wb.kb water is eXlX'cte-d, will not be Im- paired nor in(~rensed in C08t at the expense of the water users within the said natural basin; and that the t'acilities and other menn!'; for the accomplishment at Mid purpose shalI be incorporated in, and made 8 part of, any project plans for tbe exportation at' water :IT()m suid natural basin in Colorado, ,AJt,hough the original opel'llt-iog- principles were intended to achieve full agreement on all aspects of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project within t.he State, it became apparent during C'ongre,ssional hearings that western slope interests objected to the project pl.n, particularly concerning Aspen Dlll1l and Reservoir. As it result, in ID58 the Colo- rado 1Vater COllsernltion Uonrd instigated considerntioll of a sub- stitute replacement reservoir for the. Aspen feature. The bon.ru 1'e- qm~~ted the Bureau of Reclamation to undertake such st.udies and con- tributed. funds u.nd personnel to finance and assist in the investiga- tions. Various alternat.ive reservoir sites were ~onsidere-cl. All of them except. the Ruedi site were rejected because of geologic, water sl1pply~ or other] imitations. The Bureau of R{'clalllntion had previollsly ma.de preliminary in- vest,igations of the Ruedi site as all alternative for the Aspen !-lite and as a potential feat,ure of the !lOW obsolete RI!le-So!lth Platte projeet ill\'e~tigatioll. Considerable engineering and hydrologic data were available Oil the Ruedi site from these eal'liel' :=:.t.udies. The geology and wat.er supply cOllditions ilt. t.he Ruedi site permit the development. of a b.rgeI' reservoir than was contemplated above Aspen; hence, the plan for Ruedi provides for u. reservoir of approxi- mately 100,000 acre-feet of storage capacity as contrasted wit.h 28,000 acre-leet. in Aspen Dam ann Rcsen.oiI', Ruedi Reservoir, therefore, will not only meet, the replnce-ment requirements of the Fryingpl111~ .Al'kanSllS project. but. will provide an addit.ional regulated water supply for other uses on the western slope. Following select.ion of the Huedi site, the Colorado 'Vater Con- sm'nltjon Board l'ee.ollst.ituterl fL policy a.nd 1"8\'ie.w committee for the F'l'yingpa./l-A,rka.nsa"., project. on .Tflnmu',v 1'1, 10fJD. The committee consisted of representatives of the Colol'a,do 'Vater Consen'ation Board. t.he Colol'ado Ri ,'er Water COllsel'nltiou District, the South. ea.st.ern Ootorado 'Vater Com~e1.'Ya-1\c.y Dist.l'id., a.nel the Colorado Ga.me and Fish \COlnlllj~"jioll. The reviseu operating principles were com-