WSP05643

• File Number: 8141.700
• Description: Arkansas River Projects - Fry Ark
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 1/1/1961
• Author: US Congress
• Title: Fry-Ark 1961 Operating Principles
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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(e) "Colorado River Water Conservation Dlsuict" means
that entity created by Colorado Revised Statutes 1953, 149-8,
as amended.

(f) "Southwestern Water Conservatio:1 DistriCt" means that
entity created by Colorado Revised Statutes 1953, 149-9, as amended.

(g) "Ruedi Reservoir" means the reservolf presently planned for
construction on the Fryingpan River above the town of Basalt as part
of the pro] ect. *

(h) "Ashcroft Reservoir" means not only the reservoir contem-
plated for construc::ion on Castle Creek, a tributary of the Roaring
Fork River, but also, unless the context requires otherwise, any other
reservoir that may be constructed in the Roaring Fork Basin above
the town of Aspen in lieu of that reservoir.

(i) "c.f. s." means cubic feet of water per second of time.

2. The Ruedi Reservoir shall be constructed and maimained on the
Fryingpan River above the town of Basalt with an active capacity of not less
than 100,000 acre-feet. In addition thereto and in order to offset adverse
streamflow conditions of the Roaring Fork River above the town of Aspen which
might occur as a result of the project enlargement of the Twin Lakes Reservoir,
the Ashcroft Reservoir on Castle Creek, or some reservoir in lieu thereof, shall
be constructed on the Roaring Fork drainage above Aspen to a capacity of
approximately 5,000 acre feet: Providina , however, That the Ashcroft Reservoir
shall be constructed only if the Secretary of the Imerior after appropriate study
shall determine that its benefits exceed the costs: And providina further. That
no part of the construction, operation, or maimenance of said Ashcroft
Reservoir shall be chargeable to the Fryingpan-Arkansas project.

All of such stored water shall be released under the condiUons and
limitations heremafter set forth.

3. The receipts for the sa Ie of water from Ruedi Reservolf, a SO pe'rmitted
in paragraph 6 (b) hereof, shall be applied solely to the operation and mainte-
nance costs and to those reimbursable construction cOSts of said reservoir
which exceed 57,600,000. The cost of perpetual operation and maintenance
of the Ruedi ReservOir shall be borne by users of pro] ect water and users of
water stored in Ruedi Reservoir in such proportion as may be determined by
the Secretary of the Imerior.

4. The inclusion of the Ruedi Reservoir in the proj ect shall not preclude
the construction of any other replacemem or regulatory reservoirs on the Colo-
rado River or its tributaries above Cameo gaging station.

* Page 1 of House Documem 130.

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