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<br />3. The cost of construction and I'erpetual operation and maintenance of
<br />the Aspen aeservoir shall be a charge against the project and shall be paid
<br />from project revenues or as otherwise provided by the Congress of the United
<br />States.
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<br />4. The Aspen Reservoir shall be completed before any water is diverted
<br />to Eastern Colorado by means of the project.
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<br />5. The primary purpose of Aspen Reservoir is to furnish, in like manner
<br />2,8 if the project were constructed b,' a water conservancy district organized
<br />~u~suant to the laws of the State of Colorado, the water required for the pro-
<br />j,e(',~ion of vies tern Colorado water users by the provisions of Section 1, Chapter
<br />l72, Colorado SeSSion Laws, 1943, reading as follows: "provided, however, that
<br />any l'lorks or facilities planned and designed for the exportation of water from
<br />t.he natural basin of the Colorado mver a,ld its tributaries in Colorado, by any
<br />district created under this chapter, shaU be subject~,to ,th~pl'o.vi?ions ofth~~="""-,,
<br />_, ,_ __ . ':"lor:ado, rdvel', Compact~?,nd~t.he- Boulder-CanY,()n-'Froj~CAc~:':atlel'\<:ledi ,that anj~~
<br />o ",cil Ol'iOr],s-or' faciliti:es-:sl1a;U"obe:de'sl,Giie~f':':conEtructed=an'd~opei'ated=ofn= sucb a ~' "
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<br />=:-::-__::~:"po3es, ,",'itn,in-the :natural basin- or-the' C'olorado -il.iver in the State 'of COlorad,,-,--'
<br />from which ''later is exported, r.'ill not be i:opc.ired nOl' increased in cost at the
<br />expense of the "rater users "rithin the sdcl natEral basin; and that the facilities
<br />and other Means for the accomplishment of said purpose shall be incorporated in,
<br />and made a part of, any project plans for the exportation of water from said
<br />natural basin ::n Colorado."
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<br />6. The replacement capacity of the Aspen Reservoir is that portion of
<br />the total reservoir capacity required to protect existing rights to the use of
<br />water in Western Colorado for domestic, irrigation, and manufacturing purposes
<br />(inclUding pm1er generation) and hereafter acquired rights to the use of water
<br />j,n Western Colorado for domestic, irrigation, and manufacturing purposes
<br />(excluding power generation) against alY and all losses of needed water because
<br />of stream depletions resulting from project operations. In the determination
<br />of such replacement capacity, consideration shall be given to, but not neces-
<br />sarily limited to, needs for water for the following purposes, such needs, how-
<br />ever, not to be for quantities in excess of those qu~tities of water which
<br />"'0 uld have been available from the Roaring Fork Hiver to supply such needs if
<br />the project had not been constructed:
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<br />(a) To supply existing rights belaer Aspen Reservoir;
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<br />(b) To irrigate new land and provide for supplemental irri-
<br />gation in 'Jestern Colorado j
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<br />(c) To satisfy the obligation of the ,0arin~ Fork River to con-
<br />tribute its proportional sha,"e of the required '.'.'inter flows at a
<br />_ _' ____ p.Qint _immedia tely-l:Jel(7il-t he-c orrfluence' 'of-t;;Je[loariiijfF or k River
<br />and the Colorado :liver; and
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