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. Final PSOP Implementation Committee Report Page 12 of 23 2?7~ . amounts not to exceed 500 acre-feet. Entities that clioose to secure an allotment contract In the EWMS, if such space is available, will be required to reimburse the Enterprise for the implementation costs, capital costs for the construction of EWMS, pay the 15 percent mitigation costs, and any appropriate interest charges, in proportion to their storage request. These funds will be credited to the Enterprise's Water Activity Fund for SOD repayment and Project O&M. 3.8 Use of Enlarged Storage Space-Enlarged space will not be used to store additional Fry- Ark Project Water. The first priority for use of the additional storage space will be for the storage of water by entities that have contracts for firm storage (allotment contracts), proportionate to their share of the enlarged space. Water stored by contracting entities must be legally and physically available under decrees held by the contracting entities; and, storage in enlarged space is subject to the limitations as established by the authorizing legislation and master storage contract with Reclamation. Allotment contract holders may store water that is intended for re-sale. Allotment contract holders may sub-lease their storage space to other water users within the District. However, when the allotment contract holders are not fully utilizing their storage space, the Enterprise will have the first option to store water on an If & When basis. This water, stored by the Enterprise, will be subject to spill if and when the allotment-contract holders need the space for their use, and when no other enlarged space is available for such temporary storage. . The District will hold a right to store native water in the enlarged space under a 2000 appropriation date, when that right is in priority and only when space is available. A portion of the enlarged space will be designated as Enterprise Water Management Storage (uses for the EWMS are described in Section 4 of this Implementation Committee Report). When EWMS is not being used for Enterprise purposes it will be available for use by allotment contract holders on an If & When basis, subject to an appropriate charge for the O&M costs associated with EWMS. 3.9 Limitations and Obligations-The following limitations and obligations will apply to all entities that agree to secure an allotment contract in the proposed enlarged storage capacity in Pueblo Reservoir and Turquoise Reservoir: . 1. Enterprise Water Management Space - Each participant in the enlargement project will be obligated to fund the development of an additional 15 percent of storage space over- and-above their individual storage needs. Such storage space will be designated as Enterprise Water Management Storage and used as described in the EWMS Section of the Implementation Committee Report. 2. Re-operations Contract - Participating entities that are eligible to use re-operations space must be making payment under contract with Reclamation for the use of such space. Payments under the existing long-term If and When storage contract held by Board of Water Works of Pueblo meets this obligation. 3. Flow Management Program - Firm-storage allotment contract holders, like re-operations contract holders, agree to participate in a cooperative flow management program designed to achieve a 100 cfs target minimum flow on the Arkansas river immediately below Pueblo Dam. 4. Long-Term Water Quality Monitoring Program - Participating entities in either re- operations or the enlargement projects will be required to participate in a long-term, water-quality monitoring program. This program includes a "water quality management program" which will be implemented if water quality degrades to a level defined as significant (based upon specific conductance as an indicator parameter). The significant threshold level will be determined by the members of the water quality sub-committee in 3/20/02