WSP04073

• File Number: 8141
• Description: Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 3/6/1952
• Author: Commissioner BoR
• Title: Report and Letter requesting Comments of the State and Official Comments of the State
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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FRYINGPAN".l.RKANSAS' PROJECT; .COLORADO

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, 6.' The replacement ca"pacity of t.he Aspen Reservoir is tha.t" portion o! the t<?ta.1
'reservoir capacity required to protect existing rights to t.he use of ,!>'ster I.n w~ste:n
Colorado for domestic, irrigation, and manufacturing purposes (lnc1udmp; powe.r
p;eneration) and hereafter acquired rights to the use of water jn w{>sterll Color:ado
(or domestic irriga.tion, and manufacturing purposes (excluding po\\'~r generatH:m)
against a.ny and all losses of needed water becaw'!e of st.ream depletions re5ult.m~
from project opcfation8. In thr;! determination of slIch replacement. capaCity,
conFiderRtioll shall be ~ivell to, but not necessarily limited to, needs (or water
for the following pUl'po~eg, such needs, howew~r. not to he ror qllSnt.iticB in exr.E>S8
of tho3e quantities of wa.ter which would ha.\'c bc-en availR.blc from Ule ltoarmg
Fork River to supply such needs if the project had not. be{~n constructed:
(a) To supply exist.ing rights below Aspen Reservoir;
(6) To irriga.te nenrlalld and provide for supplementa.l irrigation in w~sterD
CoJorado;
(c) To sat.isfy the obligation of the Roaring Fork Uiver to contribute it!
proportional share of t.he -rcqllir~d "wint.er flows a.t a point immediately below
the confluence of the Roaring Fork Rh'er and the Colorado Ri....er; aud
(d) To sat.isfy the obligation of the no.'lrin~ Fork Hiver to contribute its
proportional share of a demand of at. least 300,000 acre-feet of wat.er annually
in the Colorado River helow its confluE'nce wit.h the Roaring Fork River,
for dC)'mesti~ and manufaduring uses. Said demand fl)r \l~e in western
Colorado is .t,o be m!::t at the times and iu the o.mount~ re~uired.
Wat~r stored in the rcp1a~elllcnt capl\c:ity of the ASpf'1l Rcser\'oir shan be'
released b,l' the Unit.ed 8t3t'(,3, upon the rcque"t of t.he State adminii;trative'
agency havina; responsible chl1r~e of t.he distribut.iun of th~ water of the streanr
or st.reams affected, whenever the need~ in ttll~ CoJorn.do River Basjn in we~tetn
Colorado below the project diversion poillt.~ for the uses covered b:v this para..I9'apl[
6 e~ceed the Qvailable supply of water; provideu that the rnte of relel\~e of FilCh
~tored water shall he reasonable and proper wit h d Ile regard for the need~ in
",'estern Colorado for replacement water and with due regard, also, for the obliga-
tion of the project to sllpply such water.
No cha.rge 8hsll e\'er be imposed for wntn rclenserl from. or made l:I.\'~ilable by
reason of releases from, the replacement. capacit.)' of t.he Aspen Reservoir.
7. That portion of the total capncit.y of t.lle Aspen Re.sen'oir llot needed A.8
replacement capacit.\<. constitutes RurpJlls r.apacit.\'. Water !;tored in such surplus
capacity may be sold or h~ll.sed lJy the United Stat,e's to wat.er users in western
Colorado. Chan;es for the lIse of such water ~h8.lI be C'ompa.rabh~ to e'harg(l8 for
U!'~e of project w.qter for similar purposes in ('ast.ern Colorado with appropriate
adjustment for the ~paYI11f'nt abilit.y of sllch water lI~ers. . If it herea.fter appeaTS
thut the cost. of procllri/l€: watf.'r, from :;ourccs ot.her than the surpllls capacity of
the Aspen Reservoir. for the same lI:ies as tho~e t.o which water from th<l surplu~
capa.city of the rcser\'oir is to he made available shall ha\'(~ been illcr{~ased by
reason of t.he con~Lrllct.iorJ and operation of the project., then the charges Cor wa.ter
~leased .from thp. surplus capacit.y shall be diminished by t.he a.mount oC ~mch
IDCl'1:last>. 1D cost.
8. Project diversions from Lime Creek shall be made only ill the month! of
May and June of eaeh year.
9. 'To protp.ct rect'f'8.tion<'11 vRllw8. inC'luding fishin~> no diver.;ioDs from we!'!tern
Co]ora~lo will be made which reduce the rema.ining aggregate stream tlow~ to lel'l15
thau eit.her of the following minimum standards:
(a) The Fr.\'ingpan coll(~ction ,,;ystem at the points of diversion collectively;
eX~!llsive of Lime Creek-15 c. f. s. October 1 through March 31; 30.c. f,~.
C. ril 1 throll~h Sepr.r.rnber 30; .
. 1.!I;h),, Near Norrie (immedia.tel\' below the juuction of North Fork .and
:Tying-pan niYer)~30 c. f. s. Octob~r 1 t.hrough Ma.rch 31; lOr) c. f. s. April J
..hrough April ao; l.'5n c. f. s, May t .through Mar .'jJ; 200 c. 1..~: Jnne 1
t,h~oug, h June 30; 100 c. f. s. July ~rough July 31; 7;) IJ. r. 8, Augu:!!t 1
th.rou~h. August 31; 65 c. f. s. Septel~er 1 through September 30. .
In rnnmt.ammg the llbo\"e minimum standards, the p.roject diversions ehall be
reg~la.ted, so far as is practic.able, in such a manner that the North, ~ork; the
Frylngl;lan River, a.nd ea.eh ~J"~l1;e t.ributaries or ~h?se streams shall c~'I:1~ri~~te t.o
~he re~j(lual stream flo lutred by those minimum sta.ndards qUlUltl.tle:!! of
water In proportion to I atural contributions. .
10. An appropria.te ,en contra.ct shall be ma.de whereby the Twin LAkeS
ReE'.ervoir & Canal Co. filY refra.i~ from divert.ing wate"r whenever the. natur8.J.
flow of the ROll.ring Fork Ri\'en,md Its tributaries shall be onlv sufficient to 'irisin,;,.
tairi a flow'equal tQ or less than that required to":niairita.in the"'rCcommended

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