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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I objectives at and below Laguna Dam are to conserve water, control sediment, and to maintain the river channel. Releases from Imperial Dam are reregulated by Laguna Reservoir to maintain river flows downstream near Yuma. Laguna releases combined with agricultural seepage and drainage provide a continuous live stream serving recreational and fish and wildlife purposes from Laguna Dam to Morelos Dam. Occasionally higher than normal releases are required from Laguna Dam due to excess water from rain flooding upstream, or from rejected water orders due to rain. These higher releases serve to maintain the river channel capacity. This occasional practice reduces channel maintenance expense without impairment of water conservation or power production. Yuma Desalting Plant The Yuma Desalting Plant will not be operated in 1995. Funding is currently not available for full-scale operation. Damages to the Main Outlet Drain (MOD) and the Main Outlet Drain Extension (MODE) from the 1993 Gila flood have been repaired. The Wellton- Mohawk Main Conveyance Canal is scheduled to be repaired in 1994. All Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District drainage flows will be diverted into the MODE in 1995. The test train, used for research and the building's water service. will be run throughout 1995. The test train uses about one million gallons per day of water pumped from an on-site well. 1995 DETERMINATIONS The AOP provides guidance regarding reservoir storage and release conditions during the upcoming year, based upon congressionally mandated storage, release. and delivery criteria and determinations, After meeting these requirements, specific reservoir releases may be modified as forecast inflows change in response to climatic variability and to provide additional benefits to the projects' multiple purposes. Upper Basin Reservoirs The Operating Criteria provide that the annual plan of operation shall include a determination of the quantity of water considered necessary to be in Upper Basin storage at the end of the water year. Taking into consideration all relevant factors required by the Operating Criteria. it has been determined that the active storage in Upper Basin reservoirs forecast for September 30, 1995 exceeds the storage required under Section 602(a) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act under any reasonable range of assumptions which might be applied. Therefore, "602(a) Storage" is not the criterion controlling the release of water from Glen Canyon Dam during water year 1995. 15