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<br />002316
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<br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT
<br />TO THE
<br />COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
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<br />RECEIVED
<br />FEB 1 4 2000
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<br />Colorado WaWt
<br />Conservation Board
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<br />February 8, 2000
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<br />ADMINISTRATION
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<br />Amil 2000 Board Meeting
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<br />Last month the Board decided to move its April meeting date to April 19th so as not to conflict
<br />with the NWRA-Federal Water Seminar that is held annually in Washington, D,C, Included in the
<br />Board folder is the latest copy of the Board's schedule for calendar year 2000 reflecting that change,
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<br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS
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<br />Colorado River Water ReDort
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<br />During December 1999, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by
<br />689,000 acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs increased by 323,000 acre-feel. Total
<br />System active storage as of the end of December was 54,273 million acre-feet (mat) or 91 percent of
<br />capacity, which is 0,048 maf less than one year ago,
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<br />January releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 12,210, 10,370 and
<br />6,700 eubic feet per second (cfs), respectively, Planned releases from those three dams for the month
<br />of February 2000 are 13,500, 12,400 and 8,600 cfs, respectively, The January releases represent those
<br />needed to meet downstream water requirements,
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<br />The February 1,2000 forecast of April through July 2000 unregulated inflow into Lake Powell
<br />is 4,80 maf, which is 62 ercent of t e 30- ear avera e r. e enod 1961-1990, - The forecast of
<br />nregu ated inflow into Lake Powell for the 1999-00 water year is 8,182 maf, or 70 percent of the
<br />30-year average,
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<br />The Lower Division states' estimated consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar
<br />year 2000, as estimated by Board staff, totals 8.206 mafand is projected as follows: Arizona, 2,723 maf;
<br />California, 5,220 maf; and Nevada, 0.263 mar. Estimated additional unmeasured return flow credits
<br />of 0,241 mafwould reduce the total amount to 7,965 mar. For calendar year 2000, the Central Arizona
<br />Project (CAP) is projected to divert 1310 maf, of which 290,000 acre-feet is to be placed in the Arizona
<br />Water Bank, and The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) is projected to divert
<br />1307 mar.
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<br />The February 2000 estimate of 2000 end-of-year California agricultural consumptive use of
<br />Colorado River water under the first three priorities of the 1931 California Seven Party Agreement is
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