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<br />1:31(), <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />OPERATING PRINCIPLES, FRYINGPAN-ARKAtlSAS PROJECT <br /> <br />simultaneous demands of senior diversions in western Colorado exist- <br />in$!: at the time of the adoption of these operatinp,' principles, and <br />shall be so operated to accomplish this purpose. Water stored in <br />such capaci ty shall be released by the United States, upon the re- <br />quest of the Colorado State engineer, to the extent that water <br />would have been available to said decreed rights .except for stream <br />depletion resulting from diversions by this project to the Arkansas <br />Valley. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(b) The regulatory capacity of-Ruedi 'Reservoir, and any <br />reservoir constructed in addition thereto, is that portion of the <br />total reservoir capacity not needed for replacement purposes. Water <br />stored in such category may be sold or leased by the United States <br />to water users in Colorado for any purpose recornized by the laws of <br />the lmited States: Provided, That the sale of water for use outside <br />the natural basin of the Colorado River can only be made with the <br />consent. of the Colorado .River Water Conservation Ilistrict. Charpes <br />for the. use of such water shall be estahlished b~! the Secretary of <br />the Interior by appropriate contract in accordance with tbepayment <br />ahility:of such water users. <br />, 7.. The prima~' purpose of Ruedi Reservoir, and any 'reservoir <br />constructed in addition thereto, is to furnish, to the extent of <br />its capacity, in like ~anner as if the project were'constructed t~ <br />a water'. conservancy district orp:anized pursuant to the laws of the <br />State of COlorado, the water required for the protection of western <br />Colorado water ~sers by the provisions of Colorado Revised Statutes <br />1953, 149-6-13, readinp. as follows: <br /> <br />However, any works or facilities planned and desil!lled for the <br />exportation of water from the natural basin of the Colorado River <br />and its tributaries in Colorado, by any district created 'under this <br />article, shall be subject to the provisions of the Colorado River <br />Compact and the Boulder Canyon Project Act. Anv'such works or <br />facilities shall be desipned, constructed and operated in such a <br />manner that the rresent apDropriations of water, and in addition <br />thereto prospective uses of water for irrigation and other:beneficial <br />consumptive use purposes, 'includinp; consumptive uses for domes'tic, <br />mininv.,.and industrial purposes, within the natural basin 'of the <br />Colorado River in the State of Colorado, froro which wat~r 'is expor- <br />ted, wililnot be impaired nor increased in <:lost .at theexpenlle of <br />the water userS within the natural 'hasin. The facilities and other <br />means for the. accomPlishment of iI'aid purpose. shall he incorporated <br />in, and made apart of any project plans for' the exportation of water <br />from said natural basin in Colorado. <br /> <br />8. Project diversions from Lime Creek shall be made only in the <br />months of 1181 and June of each year, unless the Colorado River Water <br /> <br />. <br />',' <br /> <br />. <br />