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<br />00197t <br /> <br /> :"verage J.'r"cre- i.verage ~'.l.cre- <br /> second feet second- feet <br />Month feet (1,000) !.Ionth feet (1,000) <br />October 0 0 . . h4 2~7 May. . . . . 0 100 6.2 <br />November . . . 35 2.1 June . . . . . 120 7.1 <br />De cember . . . 29 1.8 July . . . . . 100 6.2 <br />January . . . . 26 1.6 ..\.Ugu3t . . . . 63 3.9 <br />February . 0 . 25 1.4 September. . 0 44 2.6 <br />~larch. . . . . 24 1.5 <br />h.pril. . . . . 64 3.8 Total. . . . . . . . . . 40.9 <br /> <br />"In maintaining the above averages, at no time shall the <br />now be reduced belOl"l 15 c.f.s. during the months of ;'.ugust <br />to .\pril, inclusive, or belovr 60 cof.so during the monti1s of <br />May to July, inclusive, providing the natural flOVl during <br />said period is not less than these amounts. The obligation <br />to supply the minimum stream flow as set forth in the above <br />table on the Roaring Fork River shall, to tho eA'te!lt of 3,000 <br />acre-feet annually} be a project obli8ation to be supplied <br />from any waters diverted from the south tributaries of Hunter <br />Creek, Lime Creek, Last Chance Creek, or any of them. <br /> <br />"The Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. shall not be <br />required to refrain from diverting ,"ator under its existing <br />decrees from the Roaring Fork Rh'er except to the extent <br />that a like quantity of replacement water is furnished to <br />said company without charge therefor tl1rough and by means <br />of project diversions. <br /> <br />"If by reason of storage capacity in the l.spen'Reser- <br />voir, the Tvlin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. derives addi- <br />tional water or other benefits or advantages it would not <br />have realized had this project not bcen constructed, then <br />nothing Derein contained shall prevent the project from <br />making appropriate charges for such water or other benefits <br />or advantagcs." <br /> <br />Under existing conditions the flOl"l of the Roaring Fork River <br />above the proposed ~spen drunsite sometimes falls below the mini~~ <br />flryNS specified in the preceding quotation during the dry season of <br />the year. In critically dry years such as 1931 and 1934 the flow <br />of the river above Aspen Reservoir would have been less than the <br />specified minimum in seven months out of each year. Vlith the Fry- <br />ingpan-hrkansas Project in operation as planned, the Twin Lakes <br />Canal Company would reduce their diversions whenever the stream <br /> <br />-4- <br />