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lOG;;; 22 RUEDl DAM AND 'RESERVOIR', COLO. available to said decreed ri~hts except for stream depletion resulting from diversions by'this project to the Arkansas Valley. (b)' The regulatory capacity of -Ruedi Reservoir, and any reservoir constructed in addition thereto, is that portion of the total reservoir capacit,y not needed for replacement purposes. tVater stored in such category may be sold or leased by the United States to water users in Colorado for any purpose recognized by the laws of the United States: PTovided. That the 8ale of water for use outside the natllral basin of the Colorado River can only he made with the consent of the Colorado River 'Vater Conserva1.ion Dist.rict. Charges for the lIse of such water shall be established by the Secretary of the Inte- rior by appropriate contract in accordance with the payment ability of such water llsers. 7. The primary purpose of Ruedi Reservoir, and any reservoir constructed in ad,htion thereto, is to fnrnish, to the extent of its capacity, in like manner as jf the project were constructed by a water conservancy district organized pursnant to the Jaws of the State of Colorado, the water required for the protection of western CoJorado water users by the prO\'isions of Colorado Revised Statutes 1953,140-6-13, reading as follO\es: However, any works or facilities planned and de-sigoed tor the exportation ot water from the natural basin of the Colorado River and itl:! tributaries. In Colorado, by any distrIct created unde-r tbis article, shall be subject to the provisions of the Colorado River compact nnd the BOUlder Canyon Project Act. Any such works or fac1l1ties shall be designed, constructed, and operated In such a manner that the present appropriations of water, and in addition thereto prospective ll~S at water for irrigation Ilnd other beneficial consUmp- ti\'e-use'purposes, inCluding consnmpttve uses for domef.ltic, mining, Ilnd Indus- trial purposes, within the natural ba.sin of the Colorado River in the State of. Colorado, from which water is exported, will not be impaired nor increased in cost at the expense of the water users within the natural basin. The facili- ties and other means fOl the accomplishment of said purpose !;hall be incol-. porated in. and made a. pllrt of, any project plans for tbe Il?xportation o! water from. said natural bRsin in Colorado. 8. Project diversions from Lime Creek shall be made on Iv in the months of May and .June of each year, unless the Colorado River ,Yater Conservation District shall, by written communication, adyise the Colorado State engineer to the contrary. 9. The parties signatory to the operating principles agree that the respective decrees which may be or have been awarded to the parties hereto as a part of' the Fryingpan-Arkansas project and TIasalt project shall be administered bv the proper officials of the State of Colorado in accordance with'the applicable laws of the State of Colorado, and more particulorly by tl", following principles and proce.du res, to wi t: . . (1) Thot the. demanrl on the waters a.vailable under such decrees shall be allocated in the following- sequellce: .((t) For diversion to the. Arkansas Valley through the collec- tion system and the facilities of t.he Fryingpan-Arkansas project in on nmount. not exceeding an ngg-l'egHte of 120,000 acre-feet of water in finy year, bllt. not. t.o exceed n tot.al nggregate of 2..352,800 tlcre-feet in an}' period of 84 con secut.i VE', years reckoned 'in con- t.inlling- pl'o~l'essiYe series stm1:ing- with t.he first full y{',a.r of di'-er- sions, both limitations herein being E'xe111sive of Ron.ring Fork e.xchnnges as provided in (c) below~ a.nd exclusive of diversions c, '.