BOARDJAN01

• Board Meeting Date: 1/24/2001
• Description: Colorado River Interim Surplus Guidelines Final Environmental Impact Statement
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Other

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Section 1.

Allocation of Unused Basic Apportionment Water under Article
II(B)(6)

A. Introduction

Article II(B)(6) of the Decree allows the Secretary to allocate water that is
apportioned to one Lower Division State, but is for any reason unused in that State, to
another Lower Division State. This determination is made for one year only and no
rights to recurrent use of the water accrue to the state that receives the allocated
water. Historically, this provision of the Decree has been used to allocate Arizona's
and Nevada's apportioned but unused water to Californa.

Water use projections made for the analysis of these interim Guidelines iooicate that
neither California nor Nevada is likely to have significant volumcs of apportioned but
unused water during the effective period of these Guidelines. Dcpending upon the
requirements of the Arizona Water Banking Authority (A WBA) for intrastate and
interstate Off-Stream Banking, Arizona may have significant affi)unts of apportioned
but unused water.

B. Application to Unused Basic Apportionment

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Before making a detennination ofa surplus condition under these Guidelines, the
Secretary will determine the quantity of apportioned but unused water from the basic
apportionments under Article I1(B)(6), and will allocate such water in the following
order of priority:

1.

Meet the Direct Delivery Domestic Use requirements of MWD and Southern
Nevada Water Authority (SNW A), allocated as agreed by said agencies;

2.

Meet the needs for Ofi:streanl Banking activitics in California by MWD and in
Nevada by SNW A, allocated as agreed by said agencies; and

3.

Meet the other needs for water in California in accordance with the California
Seven-Party Agreement as supplemented by the Quantification Settlement
Agreement.

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