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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of \'t&~c::' Cln~ 'tho maxim\.lm of concu;:>)."e~l1:..div'o:r~ior~$ and stOl.'ClCO.

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defi:led as th",t interim of October 1 'to'the folloHin!:: September 30.
This Court further approves said -stipulation Hhich pl'ovides:
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The total capacity of Rue~i Reservoir (and any reservoir

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constructed in addition thereto) shall conGist of,both replacement 'and

'regulatory capacity.

1. The replacement capacity of Ruedi Reservoir, and any,
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reservoir constructed in addition thereto, is that portion of the total

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,:>cservoir capac,ity required to permit project diversions at times \'Ihen

such divcrsions could not otherHise be made because of simultaneous
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demands of senior_.~_i_v_ersions in \-le~tern C010Ndo, existine att_he.~at,=-
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of the execution of said stipulation by the parties thereto, and s~all b~ so

operated to acco~plish this purpose. Water stored in such capacity~shall

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be released by the United States, upon the request of the Colorado State'
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Encincer to the e):tent that Hater would have been available to said decrecid
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rights except for stream depletion resulting from diverGions by this pro-

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jeet to the Arkansas Valley.

2. The regulatory capacity of Ruedi Reservoir, and any

reservoir constructed in addition thereto, is that portion of the total
reservoir 'capacity not needed for r~Dlacement'purposes. Water stored in
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such category may be sold or leased 'by the United States to Hater users in

Western Colorado for any purpose re~ognized by the laHS of the United
States, provided that the sale o~ water for use outsido the natural basin of

,the Colorado River can only be nade with the consent 'of the Colorado River

Hatel," Conservation District. Charges for the' use of such I'rater shall be

established by the Secretary of the Interior by appropriate contract in

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accordance Hith the payment ability of such water users.

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