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1728 FRYINGPAN"ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO :.&, , 21~ 6. The replacement capacity of the Aspen Resen'oir is that portion o! the total reservoir capacity required to protect existing right~ to the use of ,:"oater l.ll western Colorado for domestic, irrigation, and manufa.cturlng purpos.es (lIlcludmg power Fl;eneration) and hereafter acquired rights to the use of wa.te~ In west.ern Color:ado for domestic irrigation, and manufacturing rurposes (excludmg pOWt;r gencratH;m) against any and alllosscs of needed water because of stream depletions result.lJ1g fr"om project opera.tion~. In the determinat.ion of such replacement capllclty, comideration shall be given t.o, but not neces~arily limited t.o, ne~(~s f?c water for the {ollowing purpose:=::, such needs, however, not. to b~ for qllant.Jtles In e:r;:c.ess of Lhose quantities of wat.er which wOllld ha.ve been available from t.he Roarmg Fork River to supply :Hlch needs if the project. had not b~en construcLed: (a) To supply exist.ing right.s below Aspen ReservOIr;.. . . (b) To irrigat.e Ilew land and provide for supplemental JrrlgatlOn In western. Colorado; (c) To satisfy the obligat.ion of t.he Roaring Fork Rh'er to cont.ribute it!f proporLional share of the 'required winter flows at. a point immediately below the confluence of the Roaring Fork River and the Colorado Ri\'er; and (d) To sa.tisfy the obligation of the Roaring Fork Ri....cr t.o contribute its proportional share of a demand of at least. ::\00,000 acre-feet of water annually in the Colorado River below its confluence with the RoarillJ..(' Fork Ri\'er,. for dornestic ann manufacturing uses. Said demand for use in western: Colorado is to be met at the time:; and in the amount~ reqllired. Water stored in the replncclllent rapacity of the Aspen Reservoir shall be' releascd by t.he United States, llpon the reque"it of t.he State adminiBtrative agency ha....in~ responsible charj~e of the distribution of the water of t.he stream or streams affected, whenever the needs in t.he Colorado River Basin in western Colorado below the project. diversion points for t.he llse~ covered by this paragraph 6 exceed the available supply of water; providcrl that. the rate of release of such etored water shall be reasonable and proper wit.h due rep;-ard for the needs in western Colorado for replacement \\'at.er and wiLh due regard, also, for the obliga- tion of the project to supply such water. No charge shall e\'er be imposerl. for water r{'lca~erl from, or made [l,vailable by reason of relf'8ses (rom, the repla.cement capacity of the Aspen Reservoir. 7. Th!l.t portion of the totlll capacity of t.he Asp~n Rf'sen'oir not needed a~ replacement capa.citv constit.utes ~urpllH; capacity. Water ~tored in such surpluB capacity may be sold or leased by t.hc United States to water lIsers in western Colorarlo. Charges for the lIse of such water 8hall be comparable to chargee (or u~e of project water for similar pllrpORes in C'll.stern Colorado wit.h appropriate adjustment for the repayment abiJit.y of such water lIsers. If it hereaft.er appeRI"I!I that the cost of procuring wat.er, from sources other than the surplus capaeit.y of the Aspen Reser....oir, for -t.he same uscs as those to which water from t.hc surplu~ capacity of the reservoir is t.o be made availahle shall have been increased by reason of t.he const.ruction and operat.ion of the project, then t.he charges for water released from the surplus ca.pacity sball be diminished by the amount of ~uch increase in cost. 8. Project di....ersions from Lime Creek shall be made only in the month~ of May and.June of each year. 9. To protect recreational ....allle~. including fishin~, no diversions from we~tern Colorado will be marle which reduce the remaining a.ggregate stream f10we to Ieee' than eit.her of the following minirnum standards: (a) The Fryingran coHedion system at the point.s of diversion collectively, exclusive of Lime Creek-l.5 c. f. s. October 1 through March 31; 30 c. f. e. April 1 through September 30; ,- (b) Near Norrie (immediately below the junction of North Fort .nd 'iiFrYingpan River)-30 c. f. s. October 1 through Ma. rCh.31; 100 c, f. 8. April 1 hrough April 30; 1.50 u. f. :'>. May I throuR;h M~w 31; 200 c. f. ~. June 1 hr~)llgh June 30; 100 c. f. s. July 1 throu~h July' 31: 7.5 c. f. s. Augu~~ 1 . '~hrough August 31; 65 c. r. s. September I through September 30. In maint.aining the abo....e minimum standards, the project di....ersions shall be regulated, '50 Car as is practicable, in such a. manD~r that the North.Fork, the Fryingpan Ri....er, and eaeh of the tributa.ries of those streams shall contribute to the re~idual st~eam f1o~~required by tJ:tose. minimum standards 'quanti tie! at. wat.er 10 proportion to ill1!.It' natural cont.rlbutiOlls, 10. An appropriate ~~tt.en contract shall be made whereby the Twin LakeS Reservoir & Canal Co. shall refrain from di....ertinll: water whenever the. natural flow of the Roaring Fork -River and its tributaries shall be only sufficient to main. t&in a flow equal to or less than that required to maintain the recommended "~.""" If\ .