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<br />3,854 mar This estimate is based on the collective use through January 2000 by the Palo Verde
<br />Irrigation District (PVID), the Yuma Project Reservation Division (YPRD), the Imperial Irrigation
<br />District (lID), and the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD), Figure 1, found at the end of this
<br />report, depicts the historic projected end-of-year agricultural use for the year,
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<br />Colorado River Operations
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<br />Schedule a/Calendar Year 2000 Water Delivery to Mexico
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<br />Since the last Board meeting, Reclamation has acknowledged Mexico's request for the delivery
<br />of 1.7 million acre-feet of Colorado River water during calendar Year 2000, This annual delivery
<br />amount includes an additional 200,000 acre-feet as provided for in the surplus provisions of the
<br />2000 Annual Operating Plan for the Colorado River System Reservoirs, Included in the handout folder
<br />is a copy of Reclamation's January 13, 2000, letter to the International Boundary and Water
<br />Commission stating its acknowledgment Attached to that letter is Mexico's current delivery schedule,
<br />This schedule could be modified later in the year to take advantage of possible unscheduled excess-
<br />releases,
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<br />Quarterly Status 0/ Pending Contract Actions
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<br />Included in the handout folder is a copy of the quarterly status of pending contract actions, dated
<br />January 11,2000, prepared by Reclamation, Of special interest to the Board are Items 6,7 and 8 which
<br />deal with contracts for miscellaneous present perfected right (PPRs) entitlement holders, Items 22 and
<br />23, page 3, concern lID's, CVWD's, and MWD's funding of Interior's expenses to conserve AlI-
<br />American Canal and Coachella Branch seepage waters to satisfY the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights
<br />Settlement Item 52, appearing on page 5 states in effect that the "Key Terms for Quantification
<br />Settlement Among the State of California, lID, CVWD, and MWD - October 15, 1999" will be
<br />incorporated into the water delivery contracts for those agencies (the State of California does not have,
<br />nor will it have, any Colorado River water delivery contracts with the federal government, unlike the
<br />states of Arizona and Nevada),
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<br />24-Month Study
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<br />The latest 24-Month Study, prepared by Reclamation, dated January 11,2000, shows no flood
<br />control releases for the years 2000 or 2001, Previous studies have projected flood control releases in
<br />these two years, It is not believed that the surplus provisions of the 2000 Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
<br />are injeopardy because 1) the Colorado River reservoir system is currently 90 percent full, 2) 700,000
<br />acre-feet of water was release from the system to build flood control space last September through
<br />November, and 3) the Federal government has committed to a surplus delivery to Mexico, However,
<br />the Board should be aware that others in the Colorado River Basin may suggest that the Secretary of
<br />the Interior change his declaration to a "Normal Declaration" in the Year 2000 because of the projected
<br />runoff in 2000, The 1996 AOP's "Normal Declaration" was, in fact, changed to a "Surplus
<br />Declaration" in mid-1996,
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