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Although similar demand exists again this year the State Water Project probably will not be able to provide the additional quantity that is desired. Federal central Valley Project - The Central Valley Project of the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation will be able to meet its contractual water supply commitments the remainder of this year regardless of whether precipitation continues below normal or is normal for the remainder of the year. .The Bureau of Reclamation is limiting commitments for supply of surplus (class 2 water) to not more than the quantities earlier agreed to. The Central Valley project will also be able to meet its delivery requirements next year even if this year continues below normal and 1976-77 is a lower quartile year. I I 1 I 1 I Operators of this project and the State Water Project are carefully coordinating the operation of the two projects to insure efficient use of water. This coordinated operation also provides benefits to other water users in the areas affected by the projects. Colorado River - Areas in Southern California irrigated with water from the Colorado River are also fortunateg since storage on the river is at 48 million acre-f,et (60 x 10 cubic metres), only 1.5 million acre-feet (1.9 x 10 cubic metres) below the all- time high. While runoff this year is expected to be a little below normal, the good storage situation alleviates any concern in California for supply from the Colorado river this year and also for next year, even if it should be a dry year. Local Projects - Most of the water projects supplied by streams in the Sierra Nevada Mountains have expanded their reservoir storage capacity since 1950 sufficiently to meet their requirements in a dry period without serious shortages. Some of the irrigation districts that obtain water from streams in California's coast range are not so well off. Although there are three reservoirs on Stony Creek, the amount of water in storage is low and the service area in Glenn County may have difficulty this year. It will almost certainly be short of water next year if 1976-77 is also dry. Until this year Yolo County had to depend on water stored in Clear Lake and on ground water, which has resulted in a greatly variable supply. Fortunately, its new Indian Valley Reservoir on the north fork of Cache Creek was completed ~ast year and has approximately 100,000 acre-feet (12 x 10 cubic metres) of water in storage. However, the district may still have a problem this year since continuation of the dry period would prevent it obtaining water from Clear Lake. A second dry year following this year would have a very serious impact on agriculture in Yolo County. Ground Water Supplies - No problems are expected in areas served by major ground water basins. Some areas in Lake County near Clear Lake depend on shallow ground water basins for agri- cultural water. These basins have received little recharge -16-