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PRRIP - ED OFFICE DRAFT 6 09/13/2008 <br />• Water Action Plan Update <br />• Preliminary CY 2009 Estimated Budget =$250, 000 <br />Update of the Reconnaissance Water Action Plan by end of 2009: "Recognizing that <br />the initial Reconnaissance-Level Water Action Plan (Attachment 5, Section 6), is <br />based on reconnaissance level project evaluations, the Governance Committee will <br />complete feasibility studies on proposed projects and develop a Water Action Plan, if <br />necessary, by the end of Year 3 of the First Increment." <br />Update is to identify projects capable of providing 50,000 to 70,000 acre-feet (AF) <br />per year of reduction to target flow shortages, with at least 25,000 AF per year by <br />then end of 2014: "This Water Action Plan, as may be amended by the Governance <br />Committee, will be capable of providing at least an average of 25,000 acre-feet per <br />year of shortage reduction to target flows, or for other Program purposes, by the end <br />of Year 8 of the First Increment." <br />o Review and update project descriptions <br />o Evaluate project yields and contribution to reduction in shortages with <br />updated hydrology through water year 2006 (potential to expand scope to <br />include most recent hydrology available) <br />o Update project construction and operating costs to 2008 or mid-2009 <br />o Review permitting and institutional issues in context of current operations, <br />including situations that might require a supplemental EIS <br />• Prepare updated document <br />• Feasibility Studies (2) for projects recommended from WMS Phase II <br />• Preliminary CY 2009 Estimated Budget =$300, 000 (up to $500, 000) <br />• Following WMS Phase II ..."Based on the results of the study and the adaptive <br />management process, a plan would be developed and implemented. The plan shall <br />include measures expected to deliver, by the end of Year 5(1) 5,000 cfs of Program <br />water for three days to the upper end of the associated habitat (at Overton gage) for <br />pulse flows when other demands on water are low (normally September 1- May 31) <br />and (2) quantities of Program water that are likely to yield 800 cfs at the habitat <br />during the irrigation season, unless the feasibility study and the adaptive management <br />process find that these deliveries are infeasible or unnecessary and the Governance <br />Committee concurs. If the evaluation finds these deliveries are infeasible, the <br />Governance Committee commits to develop alternative means of providing similar <br />benefits to the target avian species and their associated habitats."