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<br />- 25 - <br /> <br />2005. 2006 end-of-year use was reported as 3.680 MAP. Tracking of use in 2007 is shown <br />below, with forecasted uses at the end of 2007 of approximately 3.775 MAF. <br /> <br />July 1 Forecast of 2007 Year-End Colorado River <br />Water Use by the California Agricultural Agencies <br /> <br />: I <br /> <br />- <br />Qj <br />oS! <br />I <br />~ 3 <br />u <br />III <br />.... <br />o <br />~ 2 <br />~ <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />-3.850 MAF <br />-2003 Target = 3.74 MAF <br />-- -- -- - 2006 Target = 3.64 MAF <br />-----2009 Target = 3.53 MAF <br />----2012 Target = 3.47 MAF <br />______ Year-End Forecast <br />--+-Use This Year <br /> <br />----------------------------------------------- <br />------------------------------------- <br /> <br />2: <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />J F M A M J J A SON D J <br /> <br />First of Month <br /> <br />AGREEMENT ON THE COLORADO RIVER MAINTAINS FLOWS FOR <br />ENDANGERED FISH, RAFTING INDUSTRY: Reservoir operators and water users on the <br />Colorado River have arranged to keep river flows at sufficient levels through the rest of the <br />summer to protect endangered fish in the Grand Valley and sustain the rafting industry in Grand, <br />Eagle and Garfield counties. <br /> <br />This cooperative effort by East Slope and West Slope interests is a directed regional solution that <br />puts water in the river that ordinarily would be called downstream by the now-damaged <br />Shoshone Hydroelectric Plant in Glenwood Canyon. <br /> <br />Normally, by calling water downstream to produce electricity at the Xcel Energy-owned <br />Shoshone plant, water is also made available to other water users and recreational and <br />environmental uses through its senior, non-consumptive water rights. The senior 1905 water <br />right of 1,250 cubic feet per second (cfs) drives river administration, drawing reservoir releases <br />as river flows naturally decline after the snowmelt. Water is kept in the river when junior rights <br />holders have to replace diverted water with stored water. <br /> <br />But a penstock at the turn-of-the-last-century plant burst on June 20,2007, causing significant <br />damage and knocking the plant off line. Xcel has said it will make the necessary repairs. <br />However without a functioning plant, Xcel cannot call for the water that people have come to <br />expect in the river. <br /> <br />Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning <br />