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9. (1) That the demand on the waters available under such decrees shall be allocated in the following sequence: (a) for diversions to the Arkansas Valley through the collection system and the facilities of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project in an amount not exceeding an aggregate of 120,000 acre-feet in any year, but not to exceed a total aggregate of 2,352,800 acre-feet in any period of 34 consecutive years reckoned in continuing progressive series starting with the first full year of diversions, both limitations herein being exclusive of Roaring Fork exchanges,. ..and exclusive of diversions for the Busk-Ivanhoe decree.... 13. The Project will be operated in such a manner that those in eastern Colorado using Project water imported from the Colorado River Basin for domestic purposes shall have a preference over those claiming or using water for any other purpose. 14. The Project is to be operated in such a manner as to secure the greatest benefit from the use and reuse of imported Project waters within the Project boundaries in the state of Colorado... 18. No Transmountain diversion of water shall ever be made through the collection and diversion system of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project in excess of the quantitative limitations and conditions established by this document: Provided, however, that when under the laws of the State of Colorado, there may be additional water available for such collections and diversion which is not at the time required for beneficial use in western Colorado or for filling interstate water compact agreements, then such water may be collected and diverted for beneficial use in the Arkansas Valley: Provided further, that such additional diversion shall only be made with the mutual consent of each of the following agencies of the State of Colorado, to wit: The Colorado Water Conservation Board, the Southwestern Colorado Conservation District, the Colorado River Water Conservation District, and the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. District's Current Allocation Principles, Water Allocation Policies, and Process- On November 29, 1979, the members of the Board of Directors of the District unanimously approved the "Allocation Principles, Findings Determinations, and Resolutions", a copy of which is attached to this report. That document set out the principles for allocation of Project water available to the District between the municipal and agricultural water users and the use of Project storage by the municipal water users, as well as establishing the order of spill in Project facilities. The District's repayment contract also serves to governs the annual allocation of Project Water, as well as setting the rate for Project Water. The District also promulgated a "Water Allocation Policy", last amended February 15, 1996, a copy of which is attached to this report. Each year the District's Allocation Committee directs the preparation of specific forms, letters, other documents, and establishes a timetable for the annual allocation process.