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~ .... - , lJ~ < . 3 OPERATING PRINCIPLES, fRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT simultaneous demands of senior diversions in western Colorado exist- in~ at the time of the adoption of these operatin~ principles, ~d shell be so operated to accomplish this purpose. ~ater stored in such capacity shall be released by the United States, upon the re- quest of the Colorado State engineer, to the extent that water would have been available to said decreed rights ,except for stream denletion resulting from diversions by this pro;ect to the Arkansas Valley. . (b) The rel!ulatory capacity of RuediReservoir, and any reservoir constructed in addition thereto, is that portion of the total reservoir capacity not needed for replacement purposes. Water stored in such category may be sold or leased bv the United States to water users in Colorado for any purpose recornized by the laws of the lmited States: Provided, That the sale of water for use outside the natural basin of the Colorado River can only be made with the consent of the Colorado River Water Conservation Ilistri ct. CharpeA for the use of such water shall be estahliAhed b~.. the SecretiV'y of the Interior by appropriate contract in accordance with the payment anility of such water users. , 7. The prima~' purpose of Ruedi Reservoir, and any reservoir conAtructed in addition thereto, is to furnish, to the extent of its capacity, in like reanner as if the project were constructed l~ a water conservanc~r district or~anized pursuant to the laws of the State of COlorado, the water required for the protection of western Colorado water users by the provisions of Colorado Revised Statutes 1953, lQ9-6-l3, readinr. as follows: However, any works or facilities planned and desiP,l1ed for the exportation of water from the natural basin of the Colorado River and its tributaries in COlorado, by any district created under this artiCle, 'shall be sub;ect to the provisions of the Colorado River Compact and the Boulder Canyon Project Act. Any such works or facllities shall be desirned, constructed and operated in such a manner that the rresent apnropriations of water. and in addition thereto prospective uses of water for irrir,ation and other,beneficial consumptive use purposes, includin~ consumptive uses for domestic~ mininv."and industrial purposes, within the natural basin of the Colorado River in the State of COlorado, fro.. which water is expor- ted, will not be impaired nor increased in cost at the expenlte of the water users within the natural nasin. The facilities and other means for the, accomplishment of said purpose shall he incorporated in, and made a part of any project plans for the exportation of water from said natural basin in Colorado. 8. Project diversions from Lime Creek shall he made onlv in the months of flay and June of each year, unless the Colorado Riv~r Water .