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192 The Committee recognized that the final amount of water to be allocated to municipal purposes cannot be determined in advance of the project authorization and the negotiation of appropriate contracts with various municipalities involved. However, the Committee does recommend that as much water as possible consistent with the economic feasibility of the project should be earmarked for present and future domestic and municipal supplies and purposes. The Committee agreed that the suggested figure for municipal purposes of 11,000 acre-feet (including 2,000 acre- feet of Wurtz Ditch water for Pueblo) shown in the special report of September 1949 is more clearly representative of a proper aUocation to municipal purposes for immediate needs than the 5,100 acre-feet sh?WD in the 1948 draft of report. I Following discussion of the inclusion in the project of a central water treatment plant for municipal water and a valley pipe line to convey municipal water to the Valley towns, the Committee agrees that the Bureau of Reclamation should contemplate construction of water treatment plants as part of'the project, and the Committee is in agreement that the valley pipe line and water treatment plant to convey municipal water to the various Valley towns should be included as part of the project works with the cost of such pipe line to be allocated,to'municipal purposes. Provision of Replacement Reservoir The Committee is in agreement that replacement storage should be provided at the Aspen Reservoir site located on the Roaring Fork about one mile upstream from Aspen. Studies by the Engineering Advisory Subcommittee, as presented in its report dated July' 16, 1949, and made a part of the minutes of the July 21, 1949 meeting held at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, sha. that a"l active capacity of 2~,000 acre-feet should be provided at the Aspen Reservoir site. A part of such capacity in excess of replace- ment requirements would be available for future use in meeting demands in Western Colorado. It was agreed that the total cost of the proposed kspen- Reservoir estimated at &1,000,000, should be included in the construction costs of the exportation project, but at this time the Committee has not resolved the policy question as to the manner of payment for the active capacity in Aspen Reservoir not needed for replacement purposes. A special subcommittee appointed to draft rules of operation so far as it pertains to West Slope - East Slope relationship was asked to consider this problem. The adopted policy of the'state on this question will be made available to the Bureau prior to the authorization of the project. Preservation of Fish 'and Wildlife I The Committee considered comments from representatives of Federal Fish and Wildlife Service and the State Game and Fish Commission with respect to the maintenance of stream flows in the 'Frying Pan River at the collection conduit and at Norrie below the junction of North Fork. The Committee adopts the tentative schedule ,of flows shown in the report of the Engineering Advisory Subcommittee crated December 30, 1949, as it is understood that the Fish and Wildlife Service and the State Game and Fish Commission are in agreement with the schedule of minimum average flows described therein.