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<br />The Bureau of Reclamation estimated on January 1, <br />1976, that the flow into Lake P~well this year would be about <br />7.5 million acre~feet (9.3 x 10 cubic metres) as comp~red to <br />the average inflow of 8.3 million acre-feet (10.2 x 10 cubic <br />metres). The estimated inflow is updated monthly through June <br />by the Bureau. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />1 <br /> <br />Already this year many agencies are readying wells <br />for use. In the western portion of Fresno and Consolidated <br />Irrigation Districts owners are already refurbishing wells that <br />have not been in use since 1962 for use this year. In Kern <br />County, wells not used the past three to five years are being <br />readied. <br /> <br />Drillers and pump companies report they are increasing <br />their inventories in anticipation of the reactivation of wells, <br />the need to lower pump bowls in some areas and for some <br />additional new drilling. <br /> <br />All available wells can be used to the maximum extent <br />in order to meet water needs, with sharing of supplies with <br />those who do not have access to ground water on-farm. <br /> <br />Colorado River Imports <br /> <br />The storage on the Colora~o River is presently <br />about 48 million acre-feet (60 x 10 cubic me;res) (the highest <br />of record was 49.5 million acre-feet (60 x 10 cubic metres) in <br />August 1975). <br /> <br />The basic entitlement for California set by ;he <br />u. s. supreme Court is 4.4 million acre-feet (5.4 x 10 cubic <br />metres) annually. Because other states did not utilize their <br />entitlement, C~lifornia was able to import 5.3 million acre- <br />feet (6.5 x 10 cubic metres) during calendar year 1974, a~d <br />it is estimated that about 4.9 million acre-feet (6.1 x 10 <br />cubic metres) was imported during calendar year 1975. Based <br />on the present storage, additional water could be furnished <br />California at this time to meet its dry year needs upon approval <br />by the Secretary of Interior. <br /> <br />Emergency Assistance <br /> <br />Depending on the severity of the emergency there <br />could be several means of assistance. The minimum would be what <br />a community or county might provide locally, ranging to a full <br />scale disaster declaration by the president, which then opens <br />many avenues of assistance. <br /> <br />-26- <br />