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24 3714 RUEDI DAM AND RESER\'OIR, COLO. n. An appropriate written contract may be !nade whereby Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. shaHrefl'l1I11 froIII dlvertlll~ water when- ever the natnral fhw of the Roaring Fork River and Its tributaries shall be only snfficient to maintain a flow equal to or. less than that required to maintain the re,commended average flows 111 the Roarl1lg Fork River immediatelv above its conflUllllce with Difficult Creek in a quantity proportionate -to the respective natural flow of t,he Roaring :Fork RiveT. The recommended ltve.rage flows above mentioned are flows in qua.ntities equal to those recommended as a minimum immedi- ately above its confluence with Difficult Creek accordin!:\ to the foHow- in@: schedule submitted by the U.S. Fish and 1Vildlife bervice and the Colorado Game and Fish COIllmission: Mtllltb I ,.. '"{'rtIre I Th(>/15:ln,:I~ I Month I A Vt'rIlRl' Thnllsanrls ~(:onrj-I~et ~~cre-(€'et I soconlI-fret ::..racre.rcet 44. 2711\13'.--------- ___________1 1(1(1 l}.3 35 2.\ Julle_____________________ 120 7.1 29 1.8 Julyn____u____mn_____ 100 0.2 2IJ 1. r, '"-\l.lJ.:'(ISL ------ ___u_ _____I fi;~ ~.lJ 25 1.4 Sept(oDlber._.____._______ << 2.6 24 15 r}.j I 3.8 Tota,L_____________ ------- 40.9 October___.___n___n__._ NO~'~[llb(lr ___n _ _ _ _ n _ _ _ __ Dc('('mh(lc____n__________ JlLnu:1.CY _____nu FdHUll.ry__....___n____n 1r~ch___..____n___n__._ ApriL__ __n____nn___n In maintaining the above averages, at no time shall the /low be rednced below 15 c.f.s. during the months of August to April, inclusive, or below 60 c.f.s. Juring the months of May to July, inclusive, providing the natural flow during said period is not less than these amounts. The obliglttion to supply the nlllllmUIll streltm flow as set forth in the ltbove table on the Roltring Fork River shall, to the extent of 3,000 acre-feet annually, be a project obligation to be supplied from an)' waters diverted from the south tribut<tries of Hunter Creek, Lime Creek, Last Chance Creek, or any of them. The Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. shlLll not be required to re- frain from diverting water under its existing decrees from t.he Hoaring Fork River except to the extent that a like quantity of replacement water is furnished to said company without charge therefor through and by means of project ill versions. If by reason of storage capacity in the Ruedi Resen'oir, or any reservoir constructed in addition thereto, the Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. derives additional water 01' other benefits or 8(1\'ant,'ges it would not have realized had this project not been constructed, then nothing heT(~in contained shall prevent the project from making appro- priate charges for such water or other benefits or advantages. All reven ues derived from t.he use of water stored in Ashcroft Reservoir shall be u;;ed to assist in the repayment of the construetion, opel'lltion and maintenance costs of t.hat reseIToir, or any reservoir constructed in lieu thereof, as IIIay determin"d by the Secretary of the Interior. . 12. All lands aCljuired and l~eld foJ' project. construction and opera- (.Jon and water surfaces of project resenOll'S wlll be open to the public ~or reereational purposes, excepting those areas reserved by t.he operat- Ing ageney. 13. The project will be operated in such a manner that those iu east- etn Colorado using project water inlportf'fl from the Colorado River Basir: for dome-.stic purposes shall hays preference over those claiming Or USIng water for any other purpose.