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<br />FRYING PAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />westeru Colorado, the Arkansas Valley, llnd the city of Colorado
<br />Springs. The committ.ee recommellded the followil\g principles of
<br />project operation on Janullry ] 9, 195]:
<br />The const.rllction and operat.ioll of the project involve the divcrc;ioll of water
<br />from t.ho headwat.ers of the Fryingpan River and ot.her trihutaric.3 (If the Roaring
<br />Fork River to the Arkam;s" Rinlr llil.'iill. TIlt' project cOlltellJplat.cs-
<br />(a) The maXillllJlll cOllser\"atioll :tlId liSt: nf the diverted watcr~;
<br />(b) The protection of western Cdor'HJu \\"t\ter ll..,(,,,;,. both exi:'lting and po-
<br />tential, in accordalll'e with the declared policy of the ~tlLtc of Colorado; and
<br />(c) The preservat.ion of recreatiotlsl val ues. .
<br />In order to accomplish such purposes the project. ,:hrtll be operat.ed by the
<br />United States jn compliance with tILe Federal reclamation laws, th~ laws of the
<br />State of Colorado relating to the appropriation, use, or dist.ribution of water,
<br />and the following opemting principles:
<br />1. As used herein-
<br />(a) "Projed" means that certain enterprise planned and designed by the
<br />]3.ur€'au of Reclamat,ion, Department of the Interior, fur the trnnsmountain
<br />diversion of water from the headwaters of the Fryingpan River and other tribu-'
<br />taries of the Roaring Fork River to the basin of the Arkansas River, together
<br />with all of its appurtenant works and facilities in both eastern a.nd west~rn
<br />'Colorado.
<br />(b) "Eastern Colora.do" means that portion of the State of Colorado lying
<br />within the natural drainage basin of the Arkansas River,
<br />(c) "Western Colorado" means that portion of the State of Colorado lying
<br />within the natural rJrainage basin of t.he Colorado River and served by diversions
<br />made from the Colorado River, or its tributaries, above its confluence with the
<br />Gunnison River.
<br />(d) "Eastern Colorado Conservancy District" means that entit,y to be hereafter
<br />created to contract for payment to the United Statcs of an appropriate portion of
<br />project costs allocated to certain water uses in eastern Colorarlo.
<br />(e) "Aspeu Resen.oir" means not only the reservoir pre~ently planned for
<br />COl18truation near the to''t'll of Aspen a.<; part, of t.he project. but, :l.]!-;o, unless Lhe
<br />eonLext requires otherwise, any other reservoir that mny be const,rllctec1 in wp-st~rn
<br />Colorado above the town of Aspen in lieu of that reservoir for the purpose of
<br />protcctin'g water uses in western Colorado.
<br />(f) "C. f. 5." means cubic feet of water per second of time.
<br />2. The Aspen Reservoir shall he con8t.ruct.ed and maintained on the Roaring
<br />Fork Rh..er above the tOWD of Aspen, Colo., with an ReLive capacity.of ahout
<br />28,000 acre-feet and with a reasonable expectancy that it will fill annually, The
<br />28,000 acre-feet of water ~tored therein shall be available for replacement purpo:o;p-s
<br />in ,....estern Colorado. A 11 of ~uch stored water shall be released under the condi-
<br />.tiolle aud JimH.atiolls herei naft.er ::;et fort,h.
<br />3. The co::;t of cOllst.ruction and perpetual operation and maintenance of the
<br />Aspen Reservoir shall be a charge against the project and shall be paid from
<br />project,revenues or a.s otherwi~e pro\'idcd by the COllgre~s of the United States.
<br />4. The A5pcn Resenoir shall be completed before any water is diverted to
<br />eAStern Colorado by means of the project.
<br />5. The primary purpose of Aspen Reservoir is to furnis.h, in like manner as if
<br />the project were cOllstrllct~d by a wa.ter conservancy district organized pursuont
<br />to the laws of the State of ColoradQ, t.he water required for the protection of
<br />western Colorado water u~ers by the provi):;ions of section 1, chapter 192, Colorado
<br />Sessioll Ltlw.'i, 1943, readillg a,,,, [ollon'.,: "Prot'ided, however, That any works or
<br />,facilit,j~ planned and designed for the exportation of water froTTI the natural
<br />basin of, the Colol:fldo River a.nd its t.ribut.aries in Colorado, by any district cf6atea.
<br />. under thie chapter. shall be subject to the provisions of the Colora.do River com-
<br />pact and the Boulder Canyon Project Act, a~ amended; that any such works
<br />or facilities shall be de,.,igned, constructed, and operated in such a IDfI,llnpr that
<br />. the present 'a.ppropriations or. waler, and in addition thereto prospective uses
<br />of water for irr!g:ation and other beneficial c01l8umptive-use purpo::;e~, including
<br />commmpti\',e use~ for domestic, minillg, and indllst,rial purposes, wit,hin the Hat ura.l
<br />(basin of the Colorado River in the State of Colorado, from wbicl> water is exported,
<br />w.lll D<?t be impaiz:ect nor incrceserl in cost at, the expense of the wntf'r lI1-R.rs wit.hin
<br />the stud natural basin; and that the fa.cilities and other mea.ns for the accompHsh-
<br />~ment of 'said' purpose' shall be incorporated in, and'made a part 'of, t:l.llY project
<br />pl&ns for the exportation of water from said natural basin ill Colorado."
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