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• Board Meeting Date: 7/11/2007
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

The Coordinated Reservoirs Operations Program was established in 1995 as part of the
Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program. Its purpose is to enhance
spring peak flows to a section of the Colorado River upstream of Grand Junction, Colo.,
without causing flooding. In years when snow pack is above average, surplus inflows
to the five reservoirs can be passed on downstream to benefit two species of
endangered fish in the Colorado River: the Colorado pike minnow and the razorback
sucker.

This spring, most of the basin reservoirs were expected to fill. However, due to
warming and then cooling weather, runoff conditions did not produce the large peaks
necessary for Coordinated Reservoir Operations. Despite increased releases of 1250
cubic-feet-per-second (cfs) from Green Mountain Reservoir and 274 cfs from Wolford
Mountain Reservoir, the naturally occurring river peaks from melting snow could not
meet the target threshold of 12,900 cfs in the Colorado River near Grand Junction.

For more information, contact Kara Lamb, Bureau of Reclamation's Eastern Colorado
Area Office, at [phone], [e-mail]; or Michelle Garrison, Colorado
Water Conservation Board at(303)866-3548, [e-mail].

Upper Colorado River Commission Meeting: The Upper Colorado River
Commission met in Park City, Utah on June 19-20, 2007. In addition to receiving
reports from on the activities of the Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado River Salinity
Control Forum, Western Area Power Administration, and Fish and Wildlife Service the
Commission also heard about issues associated with Utah's Lake Powell Pipeline
Project and the groundwater controversies between Utah and Nevada.
The Commission was briefed by Aaron Million on the proposed Flaming Gorge
Pipeline Project that would bring Colorado River water to Colorado's Front Range and
communities along the pipeline in Wyoming and the status of permitting issues for the
project.

The Commission also held a working meeting to discuss the DEIS on Lower Basin
shortage criteria and the coordinated operations of Lakes Powell and Mead, in
particular issues associated with shorting Mexico and Arizona's continued efforts to try
and undermine the 602(a) storage protections for the Upper Basin in Lake Powell
contrary to the terms in the 7 -State Agreement.

The Commission also discussed the Navajo Settlement and Navajo-Gallup Water
Supply Project legislation, potential revisions to the Upper Basin deletion schedules, a

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