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. . 5. The Ruedi Reservoir shall be completed and In operation before any water is d1verted to eastern Colorado by means of the project. 6. (a) The replacemer.: capaclty of the Ruedi Reservoir, and any reservoir constructed in addltlO:1 thereto, is that portion of the total reser- voir capacity reqUlred to pe~ml:: prc_'ect d1verslOns at t1mes when such diverslOns could not otherwise be made because of simultaneous demands of senior diversions 1n westen; Colorado existmg at the tlme of the adoption of these operating pnnc1ples, and shall be so operated to accomplish this purpose. Water stored in such capacity shall be released by the United States, upon the request of the Colorado State engineer, to the extent that water would have been available to said decreed rights except for stream depletion resulting from dive~sio::s by this project to the Arkansas Valley. (b) The regulatory capacity of Ruedi Reservoir, and any reservoir constructed in addition thereto, 1S that portlOn of the tota I reserV01r capacity not needed for replacement purposes. Water stored in such category may be sold or leased by the United States to water users in Colorado for any purpose recognized by the laws of the United States: Provided, That the sale of water for use outside the natural baS1:1 of the Colorado River can only be made with the conser.t of the Colorado" River Water Conservation District. Charges for the use of such water shall be established by the Secretary of the Inte~ior by appropriate contract in accordance w1th the payment ability of such water users. 7. The primary purpose of Ruedi Reservoir, and any reservoir con- structed in addition thereto, is to furnish, to the extent of its capacity, in like manner as if the proj ect were constructed by a water conservancy district organized pursuant to the laws of the State of Colorado, the water required for the protection of western Colorado water users by the provisions of Colorado Re';'ised Statutes 1953, 1949-6-13, reading as follows: However, any works or facilities planned and designed for the exportation of water frem the natural basin of the Colorado Rive~ and its tributaries in ColoraciC1 by any dis!ric: created under this article, shall be subject to the provisions or the Coloraao River Compact and the Boulder Canyon Project Act. Any such works or facilities shall be des1gned, constructed and operated in such a ma::ner that the prese::t appropriatlons of wate~, and in additlOn thereto prospective uses of water for irrigation and other beneficial censumptive use pu~poses, including consumptive uses for domestic, mining, and ind\ls:rial purposes, within the natural basin of the Colorado R1ver in the State cf Colorado, from which water is exported, will not be impa1red Dor 1ncreased in eost at the expense of the water users withm ,he natural basi... The facilities and other means .. Page 2 of House Documer.t 130. -388- ~- ~ ! .. 3r ~. ... ~ '" ,- -- " -~