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<br />Municipal and Industrial
<br />Joint project works $ 6,541,000
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<br />Single purpose work for the
<br />delivery only of municipal
<br />and industrial water 13,761,000
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<br />Irrigation Uses
<br />Joint project works 69,946,000
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<br />Power Production and Distribution
<br />Joint and single purpose
<br />proiect works 5B,756,000
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<br />All of these costs, together with interest at the
<br />rate of 3.046 per cent per annum during construction
<br />and thereafter on the cm.' allocable to municipal and
<br />industrial and power uses, are required to be re-
<br />turned to the United States within 50 yeors from
<br />completion of project works.
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<br />(e) Reimbursable project construction costs al-
<br />locable to irrigation purposes are beyond the ability
<br />of the irrigation users to return in full within the
<br />period prescribed for the return of such costs; it, there-
<br />fore, becomes necessary that revenues from the
<br />municipal and industrial uses and power uses pay a
<br />part of such irrigation cost.
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<br />{g) The District, representing the irrigation and
<br />municipal and industrial water users for whom the
<br />proiect water supply is intended, desires to contract,
<br />pursuant to the Federal Reclamation laws and the
<br />laws of the State of Colorado, for the furnishing by
<br />the United States to the District, of the project water
<br />supply, for which the District will make payment to
<br />the United States upon the basis, at the rates, and
<br />pursuant to the conditions hereinafter set forth.
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<br />(h) It is the intention of the United States and
<br />the District that pursuant to this contract and any reo
<br />newals thereof, and within the total period prescribed
<br />by the authorizing oct, there shall have been paid to
<br />the United States by the District (0) the cost of pro-
<br />ject works allocated to 'Irrigation and assigned to be
<br />returned by the District, currently estimated to be
<br />$53,568,744 (less whatever credits may accrue on
<br />account of payments by other contractors for the use
<br />of project works), (b) the cost of project works al-
<br />located to municipal and industrial uses (exclusive,
<br />however, of any costs of separate single-purpose
<br />works for distribution of water for municipal and
<br />industrial uses; the costs of such single-purpose works
<br />if constructed by the United States will be covered
<br />by separo;e contract or contracts) currently estimated
<br />to be $6,541,000 plus interest thereon during and
<br />after construction at the rote of 3.046 per cent per
<br />annum, and (c) an appropriate shore of 1he annual
<br />costs of operation and maintenance of project works.
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<br />Defin itions
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<br />(d) "Proiect water'l shall mean 011 water which
<br />accumulates to the use and benefit of the United
<br />States and the District through project works - except
<br />"winter storage" as defined in paragraph (e) of this
<br />article.
<br />(e) "Winter storage" shall mean that water
<br />which is stored in project facilities, pursuant to exist.
<br />ing appropriation rights in the water of the Arkansas
<br />River and its tributaries, each year th.rough the fore-
<br />bearance of prior appropriators in the District from
<br />exercising their direct flow rights during the non-
<br />irrigation season, November 1 to April 1, or such
<br />other five months' winter period as may be agreed
<br />upon by the Secretary, the District and the water
<br />users. Winter storage so accumulated during the
<br />nonirrigotion season and not delivered pursuant to
<br />Article 6(c) of th is contract to such prior appropriators
<br />before the next November 1 shall no longer be con-
<br />sidered winter storage.
<br />(f) IIlnitial delivery date" shall mean the date
<br />announced by the Secretary when project water first
<br />will be available for furnishing by the United States
<br />pursuqnt to this contract.
<br />(h) "Municipal use" shall mean the use of water
<br />by and through municipalities for municipal purposes,
<br />including domestic and industrial use.
<br />(i) "Irrigation use" shall mean the use of water
<br />primarily in the production of agricultural crops or
<br />livestock, including domestic use incidental thereto.
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<br />District's Right to Project Water
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<br />4, During the term of this contract and any re-
<br />newal thereof and subject 10 the fulfillment of all ob-
<br />ligations thereunder, the District shall have the first
<br />right to the available proiect water supply. Upon
<br />completion of payment of the amount of the reim-
<br />bursable project costs assigned for ultimate return to
<br />the United States by the District and subject to pay-
<br />ment by the District to the United States of an ap-
<br />propriate share of the continuing costs incurred by
<br />the United States in its operation and maintenance
<br />of project works, the District thereafter shall hove a
<br />permanent right to the available project water sup-
<br />ply.
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<br />Initial Delivery Date
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<br />5. Whenever construction of project works has
<br />progressed to the point that project water con be
<br />stored, and project water has accumulated in east
<br />slope project reservoirs, in the quantity of 135,000
<br />acre~feet, this being the reserved stored quantity re-
<br />quired to assure continued optimum operation of
<br />project power facilities, the Secretary will give the
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