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<br />Six State Proposal <br />Straw Man Draft <br />Includes Fassett and Mutz comments <br />11/4/98 <br /> <br />};Y0 .~~ . \ <br />Q;-tI~IP'~r ..;;{\/-, <br />f.() l ?' ~IJ f":i~~/;)" \ ~ <br />! 0 O)~Q,r,/ /: <br />O\V , <br />. (r <br />meeting of the Basin State representatives in San Dieyo, MWD's Director of Operations, <br /> <br />indicated that the actual firm need for water may be~bout 1 maf. Therefore, it should not be <br /> <br />OJJZ47 <br /> <br /> <br />assumed as a starting point that MWD's Colorad River water demands exceed 1 maf/annum. <br /> <br />r flood control release criteria should <br /> <br />not be used to make water available for groundwater storage or for use .in the future to fill or refill <br /> <br />the Eastside Reservoir, even if Colorado River water has historiea:H)lcurrently been used for <br /> <br />similar purposes in Southern California. <br /> <br />f'tlrther dm:rinishing the amount of water that will be necessari:i:y made available under the <br /> <br />.inteIim surpltis eriteIia Me those other waleI somces that Me available to Southern Ca:tifomia <br /> <br />n:lurricip<rl and indtlstrial wateI tlsers. The Six States believe that the volume of system surplus <br /> <br />water to be made available to MWD must first take into account water unused by higher priority <br /> <br />users within California. The Draft 4.4 Plan sets forth a schedule which phases down California's <br /> <br />overall demand for water as conservation measures are being implemented. What the Draft 4.4 <br /> <br />Plan does not indicate is the amount of unused water that may be available from higher priority <br /> <br />uses (agriculture) which could keep the Colorado River Aqueduct full without requiring <br />{ <br />additional surplus deliveries. The Six States fully anticipate and expect that the water use of tbe J ~ <br /> <br />higher priority agricultural users will be carefully monitored by California and the Bureau of {\~ \:0 " <br />Reclamation and to the extent tbe irrigation districts do not use water within their contract ~~ <br />entitlements, that water will be made available to MWD, tbereby reducing the need for surpl ?~ ~ <br />--~- ~~ <br />ol % Llo? 'l; \ <br />~~4\tJP <br />v4 <br /> <br />~6 <br />