BOARD00426

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

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beneficial consumptive-use purposes, includine consumptive uses for
domestic, mining and industrial purposes, within the natural basin of
the Colorado River in the State of Colorado, from.which water is ex-
ported, 1vill not be impaired nor increased in cost at the expense of
the water users within the said natural basin; and that the facilities
and other means for the accomplishment of said purpose shall be in-
coryorated in, and rode a part of, any project plans for the expor-
tation of water from said natural basin in Colorado."

"6. The re;olacement capacit;,' of the Aspen Reservoir is that
portion of the total reservoir capacity required to protect existine
riEhts to the use of water in rrestern Colorado for domestic, irri-
gation, and manufacturing purposes (including power generation) and
hereafter acquired rights to use of ,rater in TIestern Colorado for
domestic, irrigation, and manufacturing purposes (excludine p~~er
generation) against any and all losses of needed water because of
stream depletions resulting from project operations. In the deter-
mination of such replacement capacity, consideration shall be given
to, but not necessarily limited to, needs for water for tbe follm~-
ing purposes, such needs, h"'lever, not to be for quantities in excess
of those quantities of water which would have been available from
the Roaring Fork River to supply SUCh needs if the project had not
been constructed:

"(a)

To supply existing rights belm~ Aspen Reservoir;

"(b)
irrigation

To irrigate new land and provide for supplemental
in ~estern Colorado;

"(c) To satisfy the obligation of the Roarine Fork River
to contribute its proportional share of the required 1vi~ter
fl~~s at a point inmediately belm7 the confluence of the Roaring
Fork River and the Colorado River; and

"(d) To satisfy the obliGation of the Roaring Fork River to
contribute its pro;oortional share of a demand of at least 300,000
acre-feet of water annually in the Colorado River below its con-
fluence with the Roarins Fork River, for domestic and manufacturing
uses. Said demand for use in ~estern Colorado is to be met at'the
times and in the amounts required.

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"Water stored in the re;olacement capacity of the Aspen Reservoir
shall be released by the United States, upon the request of the state
a~inistrative agency having responsible charge of the distribution
of the water of the stream or streams affected, whenever the needs
in the Colorado River Basin in ~estern Colorado belm~ the project
0iversion points for the uses covered by this paragraph 6 exceed the
available supply of water; provided that the rate of release of such
stored water shall be reasonable and proper with due regard,for tge
needs in '.'[estern Colorado for 'replacenent ',,'ater' and wi1;,h due regard,
also, for the obligation of the project to supply such water.