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<br />1- --,' 0" <br />,<', '" <br />4......:;- <br /> <br />Western Colorado in lieu of that reservoir for the purpose of <br /> <br />protecting water uses in Vestern Colorado. <br /> <br />(f) "c.f.s." means cllbic feet of water per second of time. <br /> <br />2. The Aspen Reservoir shall be constructed and maintained on the <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />Roaring Fork River above the town of Aspen, Colorado, with an active capacit~, <br /> <br />of about 28,000 acre-feet ar.d with a reasonable expectancy that it will fill <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />annually. The 20,000 acre-feet of water stored therein shall be available <br /> <br />for replacer.lent purposes in Western Colorado. All of such stored water <br /> <br />shall be released under the conditions and limitations hereinafter set <br /> <br />forth. <br /> <br />3. The cost of constr'-lction and perpetual operation and maintenance <br /> <br />of the Aspen'Reservoir shall be 'a charge aEainst the proj::oct and shall be <br /> <br />paid from project revenues or as otherwise provided by the, Congress of ,the <br /> <br />Uni ted, ,S,ta tes. <br /> <br />4. The Aspen Reservoir shall be cOl~pleted before any water is <br /> <br />diverted to Eastern Colorado by means of the project. <br /> <br />5. The primary purpose of Aspen Reservoir is to furnish the water <br /> <br />required for the protection of Western Colorado TIater users in accordance <br /> <br />with provisions of Section 1, Chapter 191, Colorado Session Laws, 1943. <br /> <br />6. The replaceClent capacity of the Aspen lleservoir is that portion <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />of the total reservoir cn"acity re'luired to protect existin;:; ri,:;hts to the <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />use of >later in iiesterr. Colorado for domestic, irrigation, and ]"anufacturing <br /> <br />purposes (including power .;eneration) and hereafter acquired rights to the <br /> <br />use of water in ~Veste"'n Color'lco !:or domestic, irric;ation, and manufacturing <br /> <br />purposes (excluding pO\le.' ,;eneration) against any and all losses of needed <br /> <br />water because of str,cam depletions ces<1lting from project operations. In <br />