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<br />period. Since lake elevation will be typical of previous years. nonnal conditions are <br />expected for boating and other recreational uses. <br /> <br />Reclamation is the lead agency in the Native Fish Work Group, a multi-agency group of <br />scientists attempting to replace the aging stock of endangered razorback suckers in Lake <br />Mohave. Larval suckers are captured by hand in and around spawning areas during the <br />spring and placed into predator-free, lake-side backwaters for rearing through the spring and <br />summer. When the lake is nonnally drawn down during the fall. these fish are harvested <br />from these rearing areas and then released to the lake. The suckers grow very quickly. <br />usually exceeding eight inches in length by September. <br /> <br />Central Arizona Project <br />Information on New Waddell Dam Operations <br /> <br />A key feature of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) is New Waddell Dam and Reservoir, <br />This reservoir is located just northwest of the Phoenix metropolitan area and will serve as the <br />primary regulatory storage facility for the CAP, Colorado River water will be pumped into <br />and released from the reservoir via the Waddell Pumping-Generating Plant (P-G Plant), <br />New Waddell Dam and P-G Plant will allow most of CAP's Colorado River water <br />entitlement to be pumped into the Phoenix area and stored during the winter months when <br />energy and water needs are low, and then released for delivery in the summer months when <br />energy and water needs are high. Revenues associated with marketing of power available <br />due to this operating plan are an important part of Central Arizona Water Conservation <br />District's financial plan. Finn power contracts have been executed for all of the available <br />energy and capacity in excess of that needed for CAP. <br /> <br />The dam and P-G Plant are scheduled to be fully operational in 1995. During the months of <br />January through March, in addition to nonnal CAP water deliveries, Colorado River water <br />will be pumped through the CAP system for storage in the reservoir. During April and <br />May, all CAP demands will be met with water pumped directly from the Colorado River and <br />there will be little or no Colorado River water pumped into New Waddell Reservoir for <br />storage during these two months. From June through September it is anticipated that most <br />CAP water needs downstream from the New Waddell turnout will be satisfied with CAP <br />water stored in New Waddell Reservoir. Beginning in October 1995, Colorado River water <br />will be pumped through the CAP system into New Waddell Reservoir for use during the <br />summer of 1996. Total 1995 CAP diversions from the Colorado River are not expected to <br />exceed 1,049 MCM (.850 MAF). <br /> <br />Senator Wash and Laguna Reservoirs <br /> <br />Water storage operations at Senator Wash Reservoir allow regulation of water deliveries to <br />United States irrigation agencies and Mexico. The reservoir is operated to prevent Colorado <br />River flows from exceeding Mexican Treaty requirements at Morelos Dam; and to reduce <br />these excess flows when practicable during rainstonns or other unusual events, Operational <br /> <br />14 <br /> <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 />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />