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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If by reason of storage capacity in the Ruedi Reservoir, or any
reservoir constructed ln addltion thereto, the Twin Lakes Reservoir &
Canal Co. denves addltlOnal water or other benefits or advantages it
would not have realized had thlS project not been constructed, then
nothing herein contained shall prevent the project from making appropriate
charges for such water or other benefits or <ldvantages. All revenues
derived from the use of water stored in Ashcroft Reservoir shall be used to
assist in the repayment of the construction, operation, and maintenance
costs of that reservoir, or any reservoir constructed in lieu thereof, as
may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior.

12. All lands acqUired and held for project construction and operation
and water surfaces of proj ect reservoirs will be open to the public for rec-
reational purposes, excepting those areas reserved by the operating agency.

13. The project will be operated in such a manner that those in
eastern Colorado using project water imported from the Colorado River Basin
for domestic purposes shall have preference over those claiming or using
water for any other purpose.

14. The project is to be operated in such a manner as to secure the
greatest benefit from the use and reuse of imported proj ect waters within
project boundaries in the State of Colorado.

15. Any and all benefits and .rights of western Colorado water users
in and to water stored in Green Mountain Reservoir, as described and defined
in Senate Document 80, 75th Congress, 1st session, shall not be impaired or
diminished by this proJ ect.

16. The project, its operation, maintenance, and use shall be subject
to the provisions of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of" October 11,
1948 (Public Law 37, 81st Cone., Is, sess.), anc the Colorado River Comnact
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0.:.. ovemoer _/ _ h. DC.O::'/ 0 ill ong.{ ~tn sess. .

17. The Colorado Rtver Water Conservation District of the S,ate of
Colorado shall acquire title to storage of water in Ruedi Reservoir and any
reservoir constructed in addition thereto, by appropriate proceedings in the
courts of the State of Colorado. The Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy
Dlstrict of the State of Colorado shall likewise acquire title to the water re-
quired by the proj ect for diversion to the Arkansas Valiey. The Secretary of
the Interior shall at any time after the a uthorization of the proj ect have the
option to obtain or require the transfer to the United State of any and all
rights initiated or acquired by appropriation as herein set forth: Provided ,
however, That the rights so taken shall be subj ect to a beneficial use of

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