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<br />FRY~GPAN-AR~SAS PROJECT
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<br />to the residual stream flows required by those minimum standards quantities
<br />of water in proportion to their natural contributions.
<br />10, An appropriate written contract shall be made whereby the Twin Lakes
<br />Reservoir and Canal Co, shall refrain from diverting water whenever the natural
<br />flow of the Roaring Fork River and its tributaries shall be only sufficient to rnain-
<br />tain a flow equal to Or less than that required to maintain the recommended
<br />average flows in the Roaring Fork River at the head of the proposed Aspen
<br />Reservoir in a quantity proportionate to the respective natural contributions of
<br />those streams from which diversions are made to the natural flow, of the Roaring
<br />Fork River, The'recommended average flows above mentioned are flows in
<br />guantities equal to those recommended as a minimum at the head of the Aspen
<br />Reservoir accordi~g to the following schedule submitted by the United States
<br />Fish and Wildlife Service and the Colorado Game and Fish Commission:
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<br />'Month
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<br />Average Acre-feet
<br />. second-feet (1,000)
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<br />Month
<br />
<br />Average Acre-feet
<br />second-feet (1,000)
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<br />October _~ ~~__________._.'.
<br />November .___ __ ____ _ _____
<br />December ________________
<br />January _________.____ ____
<br />February ___ __ __ ___ _ d.___
<br />March______ ___ _ .__ _ _ _ _ ___
<br />April.-._____.__..._..,__..
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<br />44
<br />35
<br />29
<br />26
<br />25
<br />24
<br />64
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<br />2,7
<br />2.1
<br />1.8
<br />1.6
<br />1.4
<br />1.5
<br />3.8
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<br />May__________________
<br />June___________________
<br />July___nn____________
<br />AugUst__n__ _._____n_
<br />September~_h_____h__
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<br />100
<br />120
<br />100
<br />63
<br />44
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<br />6.2
<br />7,1
<br />6,2
<br />3,9
<br />2,6
<br />40,9
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<br />Total_____________
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<br />In maintaining the above averages, at no time shall the flow be reduced below
<br />15 c, f, s. during the months of August to April, inclusive, or below 60 c, f. s.
<br />during the months of May to July, inclusive, providing the natural flow during
<br />said period is not less than these amounts, The obligation to supply the minimum
<br />stream flow as set fprth in the above, table on the Roaring Fork River shall, to
<br />the extent of 3,000 acre-feet annually, be a project obligation to be supplied from
<br />any waters diverted: from the south tributaries of Hunter Creek, Lime Creek,Last
<br />Chance Creek or aJ),y of them,
<br />The Twin Lakes ,Reservoir & Canal Co, shall not be required to refraill from
<br />diverting water u,nder its existing decrees from the Roaring Fork River except to
<br />the extent that a like quantity of replacement water is furnished to said company
<br />without charge therefor through and by means of project diversions,
<br />If by reason of stqrage capacity in the Aspen Reservoir, the Twin Lakes Reser-
<br />voir & Canal Co. derives additional water or other benefits or advantages it would
<br />not have realized had this project not been constructed, then nothing herein
<br />contained shall prevent the project from making appropriate charges for such
<br />water or other beneflts qr advantages.
<br />1 L All lands acquired for project construction and operation and water surfaces
<br />of project reservoirs :will be open to the public for recreational purposes, excepting
<br />those areas reserved by the operating agency,
<br />12, The project will be operated in such a manner that those in eastern Colo-
<br />rado using project water imported from the Colorttdo River Basin for domestic
<br />purposes shall have preference over those claiming or using water for any other
<br />purpose.
<br />13, The project is to be operated in such a manner as to secure the greatest
<br />benefit from the use and reuse of imported project waters within project boundaries
<br />in the State of Colorado.
<br />14. Any and all beneflts and rights of western Colorado water users in and to
<br />water stored in Green Mountain Reservoir, as described and defined in Senate
<br />Document 80, 75th 00ngress, 1st session, shall not be impaired or diminished by
<br />this project,
<br />15. The project, i~s operation, maintenance, and use shall be subject to the
<br />provisions of the Upper Colorado River Basin compact of October 11, 1948
<br />(Public Law 37, 81st'Cong., 1st sess.), the Colorado River compact of November
<br />24, 1922 (ll, Doc, 605, 67th Cong., 4th sess,), and the Boulder Canyon Project
<br />Act of December 21 ,1928 (45 Stat. 1057-1064). In the event any curtailment
<br />of use of Colorado River water in the State of Colorado is necessary to satisfy
<br />the provisions of the Colorado River compact or the Upper Colorado River
<br />Basin compact, then'the diversions by the project for use in eastern Colorado
<br />shall be curtailed before there is any curtailment of the right to store water in
<br />Aspen Reservoir in a'quantity not in excess of the capacity of that reservoir for
<br />use in western Colorado in accordance with these operating principles,
<br />16, The Secretary of the Interior shaH at any time have the option to obtain
<br />or require the transfer to the United States of any and all rights initiated or
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