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, UU\13~7 maintain desirable lake levels in Dillon Reservoir to enhance recreational and aesthetic benefits to the County. (These desirable lake levels are" conditioned upon construction of a South Platte Reservoir and only to the extent they do not restrain Denver's ability to meet its municipal water delivery obligations; (c) Resolution of miscellaneous water quality issues. The 3,100 acre-feet of yield from the original Summit County Agreement was allocated to the various users as follows: 7?f Breckenridge Ski 233 ac-ft Copper Mountain 331 ac-ft Keystone '" _-: 1,500 ac-ft Snake River WD 100 ac-ft Summit County' ~~? As will be discussed in the following discussion of, the Clinton Reservoir Agreement, the original Summit County Agreement has been "downsized" as several of the parties have surrendered all or significant portions of their original entitlement. Currently, the remaining water under the Summit County Agreement is 1,020.5 acre feet (out of the original 3,100 acre-feet), allocated as follows: Breckenridge Ski Copper Mountain Keystone Blue River WD 8.0 ac-ft 61 ac-ft 15.5 ac-ft 42 ac-ft Town of Breckenridge 60~ Town of Dillon ~ Town of Frisco 100 ac-ft ", Blue River WD 42 ac-ft (includes several small users) Town of Breckenridge Town of Dillon Snake River WD Summit County & Misc. 602 ac-ft 84 ac-ft 100 ac-ft 108 ac-ft As can be seen, most of the water originally contemplated for snowmaking purposes at the Summit County ski areas is no longer covered by the Summit County Agreement, but rather has been supplanted by the Clinton Agreement (see following discussion). Of the remainder, only the 602 acre-foot entitlement of the Town of Breckenridge is of major significance to the CRDSS effort. Clinton Reservoir Aareement The Summit County Agreement contemplated the use of contract water in Green Mountain Reservoir as the primary means of compensating Denver for the subordination of it water rights to the benefit of the County. Subsequently, a number of the Summit County entities sought to modify the Summit County Agreement with the intent of securing a more reliable source of supply other than the Green Mountain contracts. This effort was driven, in part, by the acquisition of CHnton Reservoir (WOlD 363575) from the Climax MOlybdenum Co. This reservoir has an absolute decree for 4,250 acre-feet of storage with an appropriation date of June 25, 1946 ijunior to Denver's decrees for Dillon Reservoir and the Roberts Tunnel). In July 1992, Denver and these parties (including Summit County, the Summit County Ski Areas, the Summit County towns, the Grand Countv towns and the Winter Park Ski Area) entered 0-11