<br />20 FRYlNGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />~h!frr 'Colorado, the Arkansas Valley, and the city of Colorado
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<br />Sprinf,rs. The committee rccorHI1lL'ndcd t-Jw following principles of
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<br />project operation on Jttnuar.y }9, 195]: .
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<br />The COIlstrllr_tion and opp.ratioll of t,he project in\'olvl.l the di\"ersion or ws.to'~r
<br />from t.he headwaters of t.he Frying-pan Hi\'f~r anrl other triblltarie~ of the Hoaring
<br />Fork Hiver to the Arkall:>as Hi\'cr Bfi<.;in. TIll" project cOlltellJpln.lcs-
<br />(u.) The maximmn ronserVll.t.iClrl n.lln 1J.'iC' of the diYcrted waters;
<br />(b) The protectioll of wcst.ern C,")Jor'ldu ~\'ater lI:-;e;;.. hoth cxL"ting and po-
<br />te.ntia.l, in a~cordn.tH:'C with the declared p,.1hcy of the ;::ltat.e of Coloro.do; and
<br />(e) The preservation of recreational va\ ues.
<br />In order to accomplish such Jlllrpmcs t.he project. ~ha)[ be operated by the
<br />United State.') in compliance with the Feueral recJalll:l.t.ion 13.\\'5, the laws of the
<br />Stat.e of Colorado relating to the appropriation, use, or distribution of water,
<br />and the following opemting principles:
<br />1. As llsed herein-
<br />(a) "Project" means that certnin enterprise planned and designed by the
<br />Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, for the transmountain
<br />divcrsion of water from the headwaters of the Fryingpan River and other tribu-
<br />taries of the Roaring Fork River to the basin of the Arkansas Ri....er, together
<br />with an of its appurtenant work!:; and facilities in both eastern and western
<br />Colorado.
<br />(b) "Eastern Colorado" meaDS that portion of the State of Colorado lying
<br />within t.he natural drainage basin of the Arkansas River.
<br />(r) "Western. Colorado" mean:,;. that portion of the State of Colorado lying
<br />wit.hin the natural draillage. basin of the Colora.do Rh'er and served by diversions
<br />made from the Colorado River, or its tributaries, above its confluence with the
<br />Gunnison River.
<br />(rl) "ERstern Colorado Consen'ancy District" meRIlS that entit.y to be hereafter
<br />created to cont.ract for pa.yment to the United States of al1l.\\)proprio.te: portlOU \){
<br />project costs allocah~d t.o certain water uses in eastern Colorado.
<br />(e) "Aspen neser....oir" means 1Iot only the reservoir presently planned (or
<br />cOlliltructioll near the town of Aspen 8S part of the J-lroject but. also, unless the
<br />CQut.ext requires otherwi:.;,e, ally other rcservoir that mu)' be COll.<:;trllct,<<:d in westcrn
<br />Colorado abo....e the to.....n of Aspen 'il\ lieu of that reservoir fOr the l>urp05e of
<br />protecting wat.er uses in western Colorado.
<br />(j) "C. f. .')." mean!'; cubic feet of wa.ter per second of time.
<br />2. The ARpen Reservoir shall be constructed and maintained on the Roaring
<br />Fork River above t,he town of Aspen, Colo., with an active capl1city of about
<br />28,000 Il.Cre-fe-ct and with a reasonable cxpecta.ncy th\\.t it 'l.'iH m~ a.nnuaHy. 'fhe
<br />28,000 Acre-.feet of water stored therein shall be available for replacement purposes
<br />in "':eetern Colorado. All of such stored water .':lhall be released under thc condi-
<br />tions and limitat.iolls hereinafter set forth.
<br />3. The cost of construction and perpetual operat.ion and maintenance of t.he
<br />Aspen Reservoir shall be a charge against the pmject and ghaH be paid from
<br />project revenues or as otherwise provided by t.he COllgress of the United States.
<br />. 4. The Aspen Reservoir shall be completed before any water is diverted to
<br />eastern Colorado by means of the project.
<br />5. The primary purpose of Aspen Reservoir is to furnish, in like manpcr as if
<br />the project were constructed by a Wilot'eT con5t::T'9.ncy di"t.rict organized pursuant
<br />to the laws o{ the State of Colorado, the water required for t.he protectioll of
<br />west.ern Colorado water user::; by the provisions uf section 1, chapter 192, Colorado
<br />Session Laws, 1943, reading as {ollows: ('Provided, howeller, That any 'Works or
<br />.facilities planned Bnd designed for the exportation of water from the natural
<br />bMin of the Colorado River ft.nd its t.rihutaries in Colorado, by anv district created
<br />.under th-is chapt.t~r. shall be subject. to the pro\-isions of the Colo~re.do River c.Om~
<br />plloCt. and the Boulder Canyon Project Act, as amended; that any such works
<br />or facilities shall be designed, constructed, and operated in such a. manner tha~
<br />the present appropriations of water, and in addition thereto pro:;pect.i\.e u~etl
<br />'of ....&.ter for irrig8tion a.nd other bl)nefic\8\ CO\l:>\lUlTJt:i.vlH.l::'C pllrpo~e~, inrlud\nj::t
<br />consumptive uses for domestic, mining, and indust.rial purposes. within the nat.ura.l
<br />basin o{ the Colorado River in t.he Stat.e of Colorado, from whiel' water j,... export.ed,
<br />ftlll not be impaired nor incre8sed in co:<;t. at. t.hp. f'''{pp.n~e or the water m,cr:; wit.hin
<br />tbe.slIiJ Ilatural basin; and that the facilit.ies and other means for the accomplisl~-
<br />ment of said purpose shall be incorporated in, and made a part of, any'project
<br />plans for the exportation of water from said nat.ural basin in Colorado." ,
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