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., It It \)\\~'" . . EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA June 9,1998 RECEIVED JUN 15 1998 ADMINISTRATION Fiscal Year 1998-99 Budl!et Colorado W~~GI Cons8M'1ion 80ard Included in the Board folder are copies of Standard Agreement No. 29 and a resolution approving the funding arrangements for the Board's Fiscal Year 1998-99 Budget. The Colorado River Board's budget for Fiscal Year 1998-99 is $1,076,000 verses last years budget of$1 ,077, 000. The state's General Fund will allocate $209,000, the California Environmental License Plate Fund will provide $16,000, and the Six Agency Committee will provide the remaining $851,000. PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS Colorado River Water Reoort During April 1998, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs increased by 488,000 acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs decreased by 122,000 acre-feel. Total System active storage at the end of April was 53.344 million acre-feet (mat) or 89 percent of capacity, which is 4.001 maf more than one year ago. May releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 18,480, 17,700 and 13,640 cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively. Planned releases from those three dams for the month of June are 18,070, 18,170 and 14,770 cfs, respectively. The June releases represent those needed to meet downstream water requirements. The June 5'" preliminary forecast for April through July 1998 unregulated inflow into Lake Powell is 7.7 maf, which is 100 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 12.574 maf, or 107 percent of the 30-year average. The Lower Division states' estimated consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar year 1998, as estimated by Board staff, totals 8.161 maf and is projected as follows: Arizona, 2.881 maf; California, 5.020 maf; and, Nevada, 0.260 maf. Estimated additional unmeasured return flow credits of 0.244 mafwould reduce the total amount to 7.917 maf. For calendar year 1998, the Central Arizona Project (CAP) is estimated to divert 1.389 mafand The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) to divert 1.119 maf. The preliminary June I" forecast of 1998 end-of-year California agricultural consumptive use of Colorado River water under the first three priorities of the 1931 California Seven Party Agreement is 3.842 maf. lbis estimate is based on the collective use through May 1998 by the Palo