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<br />OnJ24B <br /> <br />~ qJ'{~ [~~~ <br />c9vol ~ ~ ~ ~o u5"- <br />\,.8\y",6 ;;~~ ~ <br />~OV x::.VtL .~ · <br />(y(v ~ ~ <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />Six State Proposal <br />Straw Man Draft <br />Includes Fassett and Mutz comments <br />11/4/98 <br /> <br />smplus'criteria without an understanding of how shortages on the Rivc.niver will be managed. <br /> <br />Water shortage management must be understood so that those states may adequately analyze the <br /> <br />increased risks they would face from the the~ smPm:-:;::) <br />-~ <br />5) The United States and the Colorado River asin States must connnit to ongoing <br /> <br />:-- <br /> <br /> <br />studies and analysis to examine whether t~rplus operating riteria are causing an <br />\ 0' . ~L () Q O^' ~D ~ ( <br />increased risk of water shortages to Arizona and Nevada. oJ V\J?JJ\ ~ f \ D ~ ~~.s ( I........ <br />to \J. ;.P liSlL TV <br />mcreased risk of shortage to Arizona and -Jo f -)'ttv . <br /> <br />a on the Upper Basin states caused by the newinterim ^1 (l".9t . <br />~^NvJP <br />operating criteria. mitigation might be accomplished either through waiver by California of ~~ t~ <br /> <br />-P ~ the shortage protection it is afforded by 43 U.S.c. ~ 1521(b), or by California agreeing to store in /'" <br /> <br />\s"'~~ Arizona through the Arizona Water Banking Authority water that could be used to compensate {?l:'ic -k <br /> <br />j ~ ~: and Nevada for increased water shortages they suffer due to the interim operating t~ tl ~:_ <br /> <br />1(\ ~ / crite~ California agreeing to credit the Upper Basin States for any amount of water VV>1 ~~ <br /> <br />f~rv <br />(llS\t, -::tv <br /> <br />(),~ <br /> <br />industrial water for California during that state's reduction in water use transition period must be VLO t- <br /> <br />~( <br />~ <br />,~ J5 0.- <br />Y\ 0.(\ <br />While MWD holds California priority 4 and 5 rights to a total of 1.212 maf, there have ,'- ( ~ ~ <br /> <br />been many years when their actual need for water has been considerably less. At the recent t;<J 5 ~)}~ <br />if 1 L u~ p9J) <br />(/l,01 <br /> <br />6) <br /> <br /> <br />Nevada or otherany s' <br /> <br />7) <br /> <br />OpcratingInterim operating criteria that would provide extra municip <br /> <br /> <br />shortages included as a result of the interim ope~ating criteria, or through other measures. <br /> <br />designed to provide only that amount of water that is needed by California M&I users after all <br /> <br /> <br />other sources currently available to the state have been used. <br /> <br />5 <br />