BOARD00426

• Board Meeting Date: 2/22/1951
• Description: Minutes and Information
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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"No charge shall ever be imposed for water released from, or made
available by reason of releases from, the replacement capacity of the
Aspen Reservoir.

"7. That portion of the total capacity of the Aspen Reservoir not 1
needed as replacement capacity constitutes surplus capacity. Water stored
in such surplus capacity may be sold or leased by the United States to
water users in TIestern Colorado. Charges for the use of such water shall
be comnarable to charges for use of project TIater for similar purposes in
Eastern Colorado rdth appropriate adjustment for the repayment ability
of such l'rater users. If it hereafter a?pears that the cost of procudng
water, from sources other than the surplus capacity of the Aspen Reservoir,
for the same uses as those to TIhich \vater from the surplus capacity of the
reservoir is to be made available shall have been increased bJ" reason of
the construction and operation of the project, then the charges for water
released from the'surpltlS capacity shall be dimL~ished by the amount of
such increase.in cost.

"8. Project diversions from Lime Creek shall be made only in the
months of !.lay and June of each year.

"9. To protect recreational values, including fiShing, no diversions
from '[estern Colorado will be made which reduce the remaining aggregate
stream flo\'/s to less than either of the following minimum standards:

"( a) The Fryingpan collection system at the points of
diversion,collectively, exclusive of Lime Creek --- 15 c.f.s.
October 1 through March 31; 30 c.f.s. April 1 through Sep-
tember 30;

"( b) Near Norrie (immediately below the junction of North
Fork and Fryingpan River)--30 c.f.s. October 1 throueh March 31;
100 c.f.s. April 1 through April 30; 150 c.f.s. May 1 through
ray 31; 200 c.f.s. June 1 through June 30; 100 c.f.s. July 1
through July 31; 75 c.1.s. AUQlst 1 through August 31; 65 c.1.s.
September 1 through September 30.

"In maintaining the above ninimmn standards, t he project diversions
shall be regulated, so far as is practicable, in such a,manner that'
the Horth Fork, the FryinGpan River, and each of the tributaries of
those streams, shall contribute to the residual stream flows requi red
by those minimum standards qUQlltities of water in proportion to their
na turnl contributions.

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"lJ. An appropriate written contract shall be nade l'lhereby the Twin
Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company shall refrain from diverting water
whenever the natural flow of the RoarinG Fork River and its tributaries
shall be only sufficient to maintain a flow equal to or less than that
required to maintain the recommended averaGe flmvs in the Roaring Fork
River at the head of the proposed Aspen Reservoir in a quantity pro-
portionate to the respective natural contrih'ltions of those streams
from ~hich diversions are made to the natural flow of the Roarine Fork
River. The recommended average floVls above mentioned are flev!s in
quantities equal to those recommended as a minimum at the head of the