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(j U u '7'7 9 Ii . 300 cfs in stream flow right decreed to the CWCB for water accretions accruing to the 15-Mile Reach during July, August and September. This right provides further protection to water reaching the 15-Mile Reach from future diversions. 5,000 acre-feet per year of stored water is made available frbm Ruedi Reservoir by Reclamation in consultation with the Service and the CWCB when needed by the fish pursuant to the Ruedi Reservoir Round II Water Sales Biological Opinion. An additional 5,000 acre-feet in 4 out of 5 years is made available from either Ruedi Reservoir of Green Mountain Reservoir by the Bureau of Reclamation via modified reservoir operations in consultation with the Service and CWCB when needed by the fish. Protection of this 5,000 acre-feet and the 5,000 acre-feet above is accomplished pursuant to the terms of an agreement between Reclamation, CWCB and the Service which provides for the contract delivery and protection of the water to and through the 15- Mile Reach. An additional 1 0,825 acre-feet per year from Ruedi Reservoir delivered to the 15-Mile Reach under the terms of a short and/or long term lease(s) through the year 2012. In the past, Reclamation had provided 21,650 acre-feet of water annually from the unsold regulatory capacity as referred to in the Ruedi Reservoir Round II Water Sales Amended Biological Opinion Oanuary 6, 1999). This 21,650 acre-feet annual commitment, contained in the Ruedi Reservoir Biological Opinion, will be replaced by the long-term lease of 10,825 acre-feet from Ruedi Reservoir and a 10,825 acre-feet interim/permanent commitment divided equally between other facilities serving east slope and west slope water users. All of this water is presendy used for augmenting flows during the late summer and early fall periods and not for spring peak augmentation. Initially, the 10,825 acre- feet, which is the responsibility of the east and west slope water users to supply, will be provided on an interim basis for a period up to 10 years or until permanent contracts are signed for delivery as needed by the fish, whichever occurs first. Colorado's water users will determine which facilities will provide the water and will execute necessary agreements. Until the permanent source(s) of this water are determined, two la-year Agreements for the Interim Provision of Water to the 15-Mile Reach of the Colorado River have been entered into: (1) with the Colorado River Water Conservation District (River District), (Colorado River Water Conservation District and Colorado Water Conservation Board, 2000), and (2) with Denver Water (Denver Water and Colorado Water Conservation Board, 2000). Both agreements involve the CWCB and the Service on behalf of themselves and other water users. Under the agreement with the River District, the River District will release 5,412.5 acre-feet of water per year. The primary source of water will be Wolford Mountain Reservoir (West Slope Pool) and unused Ruedi, Round I and Round II contracted water. Under the Denver Water agreement, Denver Water will release 5,412.5 acre-feet per year. Denver Water's primary source of water will be Williams Fork Reservoir (subject to drought provisions). Denver Water may also use Wolford Mountain Reservoir (Denver Water's Pool, subject to drought provisions), Dillon Reservoir, and Homestake Reservoir. . . . . 13 P: \Data \ GEN\CWCB \ 19665\Report Phase 2\FinaIReport9.03\Final_ CFOPS_Report(9-03).doc