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Update of Districts' 2008 AOP 2008 Plan of Operations Due to the below normal water supply forecasts and very low Lake McConaughy carry- over storage, the Districts will follow a drought mode of operation to maximize the combined storage in Lake McConaughy and the Sutherland Project. UNon-Irrigation Season ¦Releases to maintain Sutherland Reservoir and as necessary for icing conditions %Irrigation Season ¦Releases to meet irrigation demands A Operations ¦Began with approximately 97,804 acre-feet ¦Will contribute about 34,000 acre-feet (30,891 af through March) ¦Contents on April 1 was 120,949 acre-feet ¦Possible release during irrigation season McConaughy Proj ected Actual Oct-Mar Inflows 300.4 kaf 308.9 kaf Oct-Mar Outflows 44.5 kaf 37.4 kaf McConaughy end of March 3220.5 Ft. MSL (695.8 ka fl 3221.8 Ft. MSL (718.7 ka fl Keystone Diversion 44.5 kaf 37.4 kaf NP Hydro Return 1.8 kaf 0.0 kaf CNPPID Diversion 159.8 kaf 183.3kaf J-2 Return 87.8 kaf • 130.8 kaf The Districts are planning for a shorter than normal irrigation season on Central's system. Releases of Central's storage water from Lake McConaughy for delivery to their irrigation customers are anticipated to begin in June and end in August. Central's irrigation customers will be allocated to 6.7 inches per acre compared to a normal contract of 18 inches per acre. CREP (Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program) The CREP account accrued a small amount of water in 2007. As per a Memorandum of Agreement between Central and NDNR this account is given back to Central when Lake McConaughy reaches 3218.0 or 650,000 acre-feet or storage. Maintenance The Kingsley and J2 hydros are currently in outage due to maintenance and repair work. Kingsley should be ready for normal operations late this week and J2 should be back online late this week or the beginning of next week. No other hydro repairs or outages are expected at this time.