BOARD00082 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 11/14/2006
• Description: WSP Section - Colorado River Future Consumptive Use Projections
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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RESOLUTION

OF THE

UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION

RE: JANUARY 2000 STATES' DEPLETION TABLES

WHEREAS, the "Upper Colorado River Commission supports water resource
development in the Upper Colorado River Basin to enable the Upper Division States to fully
develop their cvmpsct a.pportionments of Colorado River water while meeting their compact
delivery requirements at Lee Ferry; and

WHEREAS, it is the position of the lJpper Colorado River Commission and the
Upper Division States that, with the delivery at Lee Ferry of75 million acre-feet of water
in each period of ten consecutive years, the water supply available in the Colorado River
System below Lee Ferry may be sufficient to meet the apportionments to the Lower Basin
provided for in Article ill (a) and (b) of the Colorado River Compact and the entire Mexican
Treaty delivery obligation; and

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WHEREAS, it is the understanding and expectation of the Upper Colorado River
Commission and the Upper Divuiob States that appropriate authorities will take all actions
necessary to ensure that all States have access to their respective apportionments as specified
in the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact; and

WHEREAS, planning for future development of the water resources available to the
Upper Basin is facilitated by the projection of future uses in respective Upper Basin States.

WHEREAS, the Bureau of Reclamation has detennined that at least 6.0 million acre-
feet (MAF) annually of fum yield is available to the Upper Basin States based on
a minimwn objective release of 8.23 MAF from Glen Canyon Dam;

WHEREAS, the Commission resolved at its Special Meeting in Denver, Colorado
on June 2, 1987 that it ", " . would not object to a dctennination by the Bureau [of
Reclama.tion] that the Upper Basin yield is at least 6.0 million acre-feet annually";

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that while the Upper Colorado River
Commission disagrees with the assumption ofa minimum release of8.23 MAF annually
from Glen Canyon Dam. the CommissioD does not object to the use of the January 2000
depletion projections for planning purposes and water su~ply s_~die~ wi~~ th~ GO!<2rad_o
River Basin; - '

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