Basin States' Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement, CO River Interim guidelines for Lower Basin Shrotages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead

• Year: 2007
• Title: Basin States' Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement, CO River Interim guidelines for Lower Basin Shrotages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead
• CWCB Section: Interstate & Federal
• Description: Basin States' Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement, CO River Interim guidelines for Lower Basin Shrotages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

ATTACHMENT C
Lower Colorado River Basin Intentionally Created Surplus Forbearance Agreement
The State of Arizona, acting through the Arizona Department of Water Resources
("ADWR"); the Palo Verde Irrigation District ("PVID"); the Imperial Irrigation District
("IID"); The City of Needles; the Coachella Valley Water District ("CVWD"); The
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ("MWD"); the Southern Nevada Water
Authority ("SNWA"); and the Colorado River Commission of Nevada enter into this Louver
Colorado River Basin Intentionally Created Surplus Forbearance Agreement ("Forbearance
Agreement") as follows:
Recitals
A. The purposes of this Forbearance Agreement are to:
Encourage the efficient use and management of Colorado River water, and to
increase the water supply in Colorado River system reservoirs, through the
creation, release, and use of Intentionally Created Surplus ("ICS");
2. Help avoid shortages to the Lower Basin;
3. Benefit both Lake Mead and Lake Powell; and
4. Increase the surface elevations of both Lakes Powell and Mead to higher
levels than would have otherwise occurred.
Assure any Contractor that invests in conservation or augmentation to create
ICS under this Forbearance Agreement that no Contractor within another state
will claim the ICS created by the Contractor.