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<br />summer flows in the 15-Mile Reach as part of the Upper Colorado River Recovery <br />Program. <br /> <br />Because the Shoshone Power Plant will be shut down for repairs for an extended period <br />of time, attorneys for the GVWUA and OMID sent notice on June 26 that the portions <br />of the Orchard Mesa Check Case Settlement Agreement that are conditioned upon <br />normal operation of the Shoshone Power Plant are inoperative until Shoshone can <br />resume normal operations. Legally the Grand Valley entities can now call for larger <br />quantities of water with their water rights and there can be no official declaration of <br />surplus water in the HUP to augment late summer flows in the 15-Mile Reach. <br /> <br />Trial Run of Desalting Plant Ends: A desalting plant that has been on a 90-day <br />demonstration run is again shut down. The $245 million Yuma Desalting Plant, <br />mothballed shortly after it was completed about 15 years ago, was restarted for a test <br />run amid concerns over a potential water shortage in the Colorado River stemming <br />from continued drought and surging regional growth. <br /> <br />"We had anticipated a little less than 3,000-acre-feet (an acre-foot is 325,851 gallons) and <br />we got a little over 4,000 sent back to the river," said Jim Cherry, the federal Bureau of <br />Reclamation manager in Yuma. <br /> <br />Please use the link below to continue this story. http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=500819 <br /> <br />-GUNNISON RIVER BASIN- <br /> <br />Colorado Foundation for Water Education - Annual Headwaters Tour: <br />The Colorado Foundation for Water Education (CFWE) conducted its Annual <br />Headwaters Tour June 25 - 26,2007 in the Gunnison/Montrose area. Approximately 60 <br />people attended the tour, including all members of the Interim Water Resources Review <br />Committee. Veva McCaig, CWCB staff and Carl Trick, CWCB Board Member <br />participated in the tour. Attendees toured Taylor Park Reservoir, the Gunnison RICD, <br />Morrow Point Dam, the Project 7 Water Treatment Facility, and the Uncompahgre <br />Project and received a briefing on selenium and salinity control. Attendees were also <br />briefed on the EIS status and issues regarding the Aspinal Unit Operations, as well as <br />the Black Canyon Federal Reserve Water Rights. <br /> <br />37 <br />