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24 i\)G~ RUED! DAM .AND RESERVOIR, COLO. 11. An appropriate written contract. may be mad~ whereby Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. shall refram from dIvertmg water when- ever the natural flow of the Roaring Fork River and Its tributaries shall be only sufficient to maintain a flow equal to or less than that required to maintain the recommended average flows in the Roaring Fork River immediately above its confluence with Difficult Creek i!, a quantlty proportionate to the respectIve natural flow of the Roarlllg Fork River. The recommended average flows above mentioned are flows in quantities equal to those recommended as a minimum immedi- ately above its confluence with Difficult Creek according to the follow- ing schedule submitted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the COlorado Gll.lOe and Fish Commission: '" Month _4.ve'!'::t.ge Tbousf!.nrt~ Month ....veorol!e Thou~anrb second-Jeet ofo.cre-feet s6wlIJ-reet or ucre-reet October __._.nn_~_______ .. 2. , 1\.13y____________________. 100 6.2 Novembp.r_.._____~____.._ " 2 I Junc__________________n_ 120 ;.1 Decem her _ _n.__~~_______ " 1 , July______...______...____ 100 6.2 r:~ci~~~.::~~:=~=:::::::: 26 1 6 AugusL__________________ '.3 3.' 25 ... September__.____________ .. 2.6 " I 5 AprU_____________~_____._ " 3.' Total..._..____Udo ..---------- 010.9 I I In maintaining the above averages, at no time shall the flow be reduced below 15 c.f.s. during the months of August to Aprill inclusive, or below 60 c.f.s. during the months of May to July, inclUSIve, providing the natural flow during said period is not less th,tll these amouuts. The obligation to supply the mimmum stream flow as set forth in the above table on the Roaring Fork River shall, to the extent of 3,000 acre-feet annually, be a project obligation to be supplied from any waters diverted from the south tributaries of H lUIter Creek, Lime Creek, Last Chance Creek, or any of them. The Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. shall not be required to re- frain from diverting water under its existing decrees from the Roaring Fork River except to the extent that II. like quantity of replacement water is furnished to said company without charge therefor through and by means of project diversions. If by reason of storage capacity in the Ruedi Reservoir, or any resef\'oir constructed in addition thereto, the Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. derives additional water or other benefits or advantages it would not have realized had tlus project not been constructed, then nothing herein contained shall prevent the project from making appro- priate charges for such water or other benefits or advantages. All revenues derived from the use of water stored in Ashcroft Reservoir shall be used to assist in the repayment of the construction, operation and maintenance costs of that reservoir, or any reservoir constructed in lieu thereof, as may determined by the Seaetary of the Interior. 12. All lands acquired and held for project construction and opera- tion and water surfaees of project reservoirs will be open to the public ~or recreational purposes, excepting those areas reserved by the operat- mg agency. . 13. The project WIll be operated in such a manner that those in east- ern Colorado using project water imported from the Colorado River Basil! for domestic purposes shall have preference o\'er those r.Iaiming or uSlllg water for any other purpose.