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<br />002513 <br /> <br />amount of water available for appropriation by Arapahoe In the <br /> <br />Gunnison River Basin. <br /> <br />The court finds that Congress intended <br /> <br />the Colorado River Storage Project Act (CRSPA) to serve as a <br /> <br />mechanism for Upper Basin States to develop their water <br /> <br />resources and still meet their Colorado River Compact <br /> <br />obligations. <br /> <br />CRSPA projects allow Colorado to develop its water <br /> <br />resources while ensuring that adequate water remains in storage <br /> <br />to help meet the Compact obligations in dry years. <br /> <br />Historically, the Bureau of Reclamation (BUREC) has applied the <br /> <br />water afforded by the Aspinall Unit decrees to full beneficial <br /> <br />use through hydropower generation, flood control, fish and <br /> <br />wildlife, and recreation purposes. <br /> <br />Therefore, Arapahoe may not <br /> <br />appropriate the Aspinall Unit water for its own use. <br /> <br />The court <br /> <br />also finds that the water court's decision correctly implemented <br /> <br />Congress's intent to subordinate 60,000 acre-feet to in-basin <br /> <br />water users while providing a 240,000 acre-foot marketable pool <br /> <br />for contractual use by future in-basin and transbasin water <br /> <br />users. <br /> <br />Furthermore, the water court properly determined the <br /> <br />limitations the Taylor Park Reservoir places on the availability <br /> <br />of water in the Gunnison River Basin. <br /> <br />Although Arapahoe <br /> <br />disputes the accounting conditions used by the water court to <br /> <br />reach its conclusion, the doctrines of collateral estoppel and <br /> <br />2 <br />