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<br />_Alt__ll B_ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Issue <br />Number Issue <br /> <br />50 <br /> <br />51 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br />C <br /> <br />- - <br />ategonzation 0 <br /> <br />- - <br />f JMR A <br /> <br />- <br />ccountmg Issues <br /> <br />L' p' l' KS Sluff :lOsit;"" <br /> <br />Comluencement of <br />a spill event <br /> <br />Spilling accounts <br /> <br />2002issues _'able09,doc <br /> <br />'" <br />,~ <br />"0 <br />"" <br /> <br />The language places the <br />event on (he physical <br />operation of the projects <br />control structlJre and not <br />on the ell:vation of the <br />water sUfface or some <br />other trigger. <br />Colorado's timing of <br />spill accounting is not <br />suggested in the <br />governing language <br /> <br />'" <br />,~ <br />"0 <br />"" <br /> <br />The accounting <br />practices should not <br />change during a spill <br />event. Accounts are <br />adjusted as dictated by <br />the physical operation of <br />the dam A flood pOol .. <br />account in the neod <br />control space is not <br />authorize'] by the 1980 <br />Operating Plan and ' <br />creates e\'ap,?r~tion <br />chargecc'ontlicts . <br /> <br />CO Staff Position <br /> <br />COlltraty to express <br />language of 1980 <br />Operating Plan, water <br />does not "spill <br />physically over the <br />project's spillway" <br />during flood operations, <br />Flood releases are <br />normally made thTOUgh <br />the outlet works, <br /> <br />Accounting bas~'d- on..., <br />JMR inflows is used at <br />all other times and has' <br />been demonstrated to <br />produce identical results <br />as',ou~flow based <br />accoUnting. <br /> <br />KS SlaffComment <br /> <br />Rely on the physical. <br />operations of the project <br />controlstruclure to . <br />govern the loss'of <br />account )\later, No <br />change to the language <br />is r~quir~d,un.le'ss <br />clarifyin'g l,anguage is <br />desired. -(~"".. <br /> <br />,. <br />I"." <br /> <br />,U,~~'the_,nonllal <br />accounting methods <br />during spills that occurs <br />at all other times. This <br />also eliminates the issue <br />of how to handle <br />evaporation dUTing a <br />spill event. Tracking the <br />extent that water invades <br />the flood control storage <br />space prior to release by <br />the Army Corps of <br />Engineers is useful. <br /> <br />Joint work product - 24 October 2003 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />CO Staff Comment <br /> <br />Kansas' position ignores <br />Cor-:Js:of Engin.eers <br />exclusive; .a~thority to <br />detelmine 'flood control <br />releases when JMR <br />surface elevation rises <br />into flood pool space. <br /> <br />Use inflow based <br />accounting at all times <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />_e7_ <br /> <br />Operations Committee or other <br />general Comment(s) <br /> <br />Unresolved <br /> <br />Unresolved <br /> <br />Draft [ssues Table - For discussion purposes only <br />