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OlJ2233 ~ ~ 6--.,/ r~ ~ <....fu.,... dC'>",-_ tZ-'/} EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MONTlll.. Y REPORT TO THE COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA May 5, 1998 ADMINISTRATION Fiscal Year 1998-99 Budl!et Last month I reported that I had appeared before the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee #2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Judiciary & Transportation on Thursday, March 12th concerning the Colorado River Board's proposed budget and at the hearing the Subcommittee approved the Board's budget as proposed. Since then both the State Assembly and Senate have completed their hearings and have approved the Board's budget for FY 1998-99. I have included in the Board folder, a copy of the Board's budget for Fiscal Year 1998-99, in the amount of $1,076,000. The state's General Fund will allocate $209,000, the California Environmental License Plate Fund will provide $16,000, and the remaining $851,000 by the Six Agency Committee. Approval of the Fiscal Year 1998-99 budget and necessary agreements between the Board and the Six Agency Committee will be considered at the June Board meeting. PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS Colorado River Water Reoort During March 1998, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by 377,000 acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs decreased by 2,000 acre-feet. Total System active storage at the end of March was 52.978 rnillion acre-feet (mat) or 89 percent of capacity, which is 3.942 mafmore than one year ago. April releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 18,810, 17,230 and 13,930 cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively. Planned releases from those three darns for the month of May are 17,680, 17,760 and 14,360 cfs, respectively. The May releases represent those needed to meet downstream water requirements. The May 1 U preliminary forecast for April through July 1998 unregulated inflow into Lake Powell is 7.4 maf, which is 96 percent of the 30-year average for the period 1961-1990. The unregulated inflow into Lake Powell for the 1997-98 water year is predicted to be 12.600 maf, or 107 percent of the 30-year average. The Lower Division states' estimated consumptive use of Color ado River water for calendar year 1998, as estimated by Board staff, totals 8.158 maf and is projected as follows: Arizona, 2.871 maf; California, 5.028 maf; and, Nevada, 0.259 maf. Estimated additional unmeasured return flow credits of 0.250 mafwould reduce the total amount to 7.908 maf. For calendar year 1998, the