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<br />~I <br /> <br />Year - 2000 Highlights of the Southeastern District <br /> <br />Project W.lter Allocations .111d tht, Winlt.'r \Valer Storage Program. TIll' [)i~lricl ,lllocal{'c! ovpr <br />15(1,000 dcre-fl't't oj Project Weller in 2000. Th.l1 was a ft.'cord ye,lr for the ,mllual 5.11e of Project W.ltl'r, <br />hut 2000 was not a r{'cord year ior Fry-Ark imports. limilpd Sp.Kl' in tht.., l'.1sl-sJope sloraw' systelll 1lIl'.1Jll <br />lh.ll imports were shut off at Housle.HI Tunnel hefore our diversiolls were c.lUccl out hy minimum sln',lm- <br />flow rl'quirertll'nls or (1 senior c.,1I on the Colorado River. We imported 44,lUO .lrr(.~-fl'l'l in 2000. Most of <br />the Willer we allo(illl'd 10 farms .1I1d cities in the District's nine-county sl'rviCl~ Mea was ull,llloc.llt'd <br />r.myover Prokct Woller stored during 11)98 .md 1 <)99. In 2000 the cities in the District fl'cpivl'd an <br />allOGltion of 18,00b .Kre-feel of ProjPct \V.lIl'r. F.urTlers in thl' District received UH pl'r<:l'nl of Ihe <br />':llloctltl'd ProjPcI Water for a tOl,ll of I J8,039 acre-fppl. <br /> <br />For tIlt' first time in the last five <br />years, irrig<ltors who store water <br />under the \Vintt'r Woller Storage <br />decrt'p h.al plenty of stor<lge space in <br />Put'bln Reservoir. The direct lIow <br />enlities were .,blp to begin storing in <br />Pueblo Reservoir on the opt'ning d<lY <br />(NovPll1her 15, 2000) of the 2000- <br />2001 VVinter WJtt'r Stor.lgt' PrograrTl <br />(W'v\lSPj. .md they completed tile F.um W.llt'r U"l' <br />Progr.lnl with rll'.uly -tS.OOO .Kre-fppt <br />of wintl'r-stored waler in the ronservJtion pool .11 PUl'hlo Reservoir. The "sy...tem's gr.md tOI.llt! for the <br />W\VSP \VolS 15H,]fIl) ':lrre-fet't, which is ahout 20,000 acre-ft'cl less thall lasl year's lot.ll, .1Ild n,oon <br />.lCre-fl'et less Ih.1I1 the l.hl five year olver.lge. <br /> <br /> <br />Oislric. Cumplf..tf.'s Construction of New Offin' Building _ <br />After one yeM of design and construction time, Houston <br />Constwction .md HGF Architects handpd the District the keys 10 <br />.1 new, stdte-of-Iht'-art office building. The facility j('atures five <br />offices. .1 bOMe/room with video conferencing .md video- Rihbun CUllinR <br />projl'clor presenlation equipment, ., n'nlr.llly IOC.lIl.d office <br />equipmenl/workroom, .,nd .1 xl'risc.lpe demonstration g.lrden. The complex \Va,> <br />paid for out of proceeds (rom the sale of Ihe Distrit't's properly 011 Hwy 50 ilnd <br />with contributions (rolll loc,ll watef reSOlJrn' agt'l1cies (or the xerisc.1Pl' projl'('t. <br /> <br /> <br />PI.,n for an O&M Transfl'r Sludy is Approved - The District Bo.ud of <br />Directors approv('d .1 stelff recommend.ltion to study Ihe possibility of Ir.1I1s(l'rring <br />Iht' d.ly-to-d.1Y operations .1I1d m.lintenallce responsibility OVl'r 10 the District. <br />The Bure.llJ of Reclalllation h.15 jlerfornwd the OS,M on the Fry-Ark Project <br />f.Kilities since the construction phase of the Pmit'ct was deemed compll'h,-' in <br />19H2. Th(. Dislrict is responsibll-' to p.ly nearly 50 peru'nt of the (ost of <br />operations and nlaintl'n.mfl' for the \Vater divl'rsion and slorllge ft'.lturl'S o( Ihe <br />Fry-ArJ... Projet'l; th.lt adds up 10 nearly $1 million e.Kh ye.lr .md over $12 <br />million since the District's repayment ohligalion beg<ln. <br /> <br /> <br />PUl'hl" 0,1111 <br />O&M _11 "ul'hln R('!o('r\luir <br />W,l~ :If. !>l'H('nl uf Tnl.,t <br />ni"lrid O&M Cu"ls. <br /> <br />(, <br />