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<br />< <br /> <br />< <br /> <br />b. The water furnished pursuant to this agreement shall be used by the Board for minimum e <br /> <br />streamflow purposes in the IS-mile reach to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable <br /> <br />degree. <br /> <br />c. The Service and the Board will use the water released under this MOA only for the purposes <br />specified in Articles 6.a. and 6.b. above herein. No lease, sale, donation, or other disposal of <br />any of the water provided pursuant to this MOA will be permitted. The Service and the Board <br />shall not compromise, subjugate, or encumber the water released in any manner whatsoever. <br /> <br />d. Reclamation, the Service, and the Board agree that the Grand Valley Water Users <br />Association and Orchard Mesa Irrigation District may divert the water through the headgate of <br />the Government Highline Canal of the Grand Valley Project and may use that water for <br />generation of power at the Grand Valley Powerplant of the Grand Valley Project, so long as that <br />water is returned to the Colorado River either over the Grand Valley Irrigation Company's It <br />. diversion dam or under the radial gates at the check structure below the Grand Valley <br />Powerplant. <br /> <br />7. RIGHTS RESERVED <br /> <br />a. Reclamation reserves the right to supply the water from water which has been lawfully stored <br />in priority in storage reservoirs other than Ruedi Reservoir; Provided, however, that releases <br />from alternate storage reservoirs shall be in conformity with the water rights decrees for such <br />reservoirs and shall comply with state law. When supplied from an alternate reservoir, the water <br />shall be delivered by Reclamation from the outlet works of such alternate reservoir, and shall be <br />limited by the capacity of such outlet works. This water shall be measured at such outlet works <br />by the Contracting Officer with equipment furnished, operated, and maintained by Reclamation <br />at its expense. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />10 <br />