BOARD00582

• Board Meeting Date: 5/19/2003
• Description: WSP Section - Ruedi Reservoir - Proposed Contract to Deliver 10,825 AF Annually to Endangered Fish in the 15-Mile Reach Through 2012
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Upper Colorado River, Final Report, May 1995." These "Target Flows" may not be achieved
each year, and will be evaluated and possibly revised through the adaptive-management process
of the Recovery Program and implementation of the individual species Recovery Goals.

K. "Year" shall mean the period beginning on January 1 and ending the following
December 31, and the term "annually," as used herein, shall also mean this period of time unless
otherwise specified.

L. A15 Mile Reach@ shall mean the portion of the Colorado River that extends from the
confluence of the Gunnison River upstream 15 miles to the Grand Valley Irrigation Company
Diversion Dam near Palisade, Colorado.

II. TERM OF AGREEMENT

This Agreement becomes effective on the date executed and shall remain in effect
through December 31, 2012, unless terminated sooner in accordance with the provisions of
Article IX below, or amended pursuant to Article vm below.

III. PROVISION OF WATER. RELEASE SCHEDULE. AND OPERATIONAL
MEASURES

A. The Project shall be operated in accordance with the "Operating Principles".

B. Reclamation shall provide up to 10,825 acre-feet of water annually, upon request of
the Service, from the Marketable Yield ofRuedi Reservoir. Water shall be released for use by
the Service and the CWCB for summer and fall base flow augmentation in the 15 Mile Reach.

C. Rc::clamation shall release the water, except as provided in D. below, under this
Agreement to the Fryingpan River at the outlet works ofRuedi Reservoir. All releases of water
shall be limited by the capacity of the outlet works.

D. Reclamation reserves the right to fulfill the commitments of this Agreement with
water that has been lawfully stored in priority in reservoirs other than Ruedi Reservoir; Provided.
however, that releases from alternate reservoirs shall be in conformity with the water right
decrees for such reservoirs and shall comply with state law. When supplied from an alternate
reservoir, the water shall be released by the Contracting Officer from the outlet works of such
alternate reservoir, and shall be limited by the capacity of such outlet works.

E. Water generally will be released by Reclamation upon the request of the Service
between early July and late October of each year up to the amount needed to contribute toward
meeting the Target Flows, or as agreed to by the Parties, except as provided in Article VIT. The
Service recognizes that water conservation is a priority for all water contractors and will look at
the prevailing hydrologic conditions, the quantity of water available, the Target Flows, prior year

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