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<br />001977 <br /> <br />flow at ;.spen Reservoir would fall belovl the specified minimum in <br />order to maintain the desired flov1 in the river. The water lost <br />to the ~vin Lakes Company through such reduced diversions would be <br />replaced by an equivalent quantity of project water delivered on <br />the Eastern Slope. Operation of the project under this exchange <br />arranGement Ylould insure a live s tr<Jan from the ~'lin Lakes Diversion <br />and Collection System to the :.spen Reservoir. The table that appears <br />on the following page shows the nOVi by months for the years 1931 and <br />1934 immediately below the ~'dn Lakes Collection System and at the <br />head of :.spen Reservoir as the flows Ivould be under existing condi- <br />tions and as they would be vdth the Fryingpan-I~k~nsas Project in <br />operation. <br /> <br />Hunter Creek <br /> <br />The plans for the Fryingpan-:.rkansas Project call for the diVOT- <br />sion of water from the headwaters of Hunter Creek into the Fryingpan <br />Collection System and thence thrrnlgh the Continental Divide into the <br />,\rkansas River Basin. Part of such diversions would be used to effect <br />the exchange whereby the ~vin Lakes Canal Company diversions Vlould be <br />reduced and the conditions in the Roaring Fork River improved during <br />the low flow periods. The diversions from the Hunter Creek would be <br />made principally during the spring snow melt season and only such <br />water would be diverted as is in excess of the decreed rights for the <br />use of water from Hunter Creek. These rights amount to 39.9 second- <br />feet of which 24.9 second-feet are for the Red Mountain Ditch and 15 <br />second-feet for the Hunter Creek flume and pipeline. To satisfy these <br />rights which divert from Hunter Creek noar its mouth would require <br />water throughout most of the year thereby assuring a live stream at <br />all times with no damage to present fishing values, <br /> <br />Roaring Fork River belm, pre posed Aspen Reservoir <br /> <br />The proposed ;,spen Reservoir would provide for the storage of <br />spring snorr melt ilood waters for subsequent release during the late <br />summer and winter months. The use of the reservoir is described in <br />the follevring quotatien from the fourth p:\ragraph on page 120 of <br />H.D. l87: <br /> <br />"I. part of the capacity of .~spen Reservoir in excess <br />of replacement requirements v[Quld be available for future <br />use in meeting demands in western Colorado. The water from <br />the reservoir would eventually be delivered to the Roaring <br />Fork River at the reservoir outlet. The pattern of delivery <br />would be determined in such a manner as to best satisfy the <br />purposes to which the reservoir is dedicatod and to preserve <br /> <br />-5- <br />