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Summary of Districts' 2009 AOP The Districts are working with FWS, NGPC, the ED Office, and FERC to develop a plan of operations for the 2009 Water Year. The Annual Operating Plan for 2009 is in its draft stages with an anticipated completion date prior to the end of the year. Summarv of 2008 Operations The 2008 Water Year Operation Plan called for the Districts to follow a drought mode of operation to maximize the combined storage in Lake McConaughy and the Sutherland Project. This Plan was based on well below average carryover storage in Lake McConaughy and an anticipated below normal water supply on the North Platte River. ZInflows ¦Non-irrigation season - 66% normal ¦Irrigation season - 53% normal ¦ Year total - 61 % normal (137% of proj ected) xOutflows ENon-irrigation season -12% average ¦Irrigation season - 56% average ¦Year total - 41% average (88% of projected) NPPD worked with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to delay releases for the Rock Weir Study near Lake Ogallala as required by the FERC license. Central obtained a waiver from FERC of the non-irrigation season operational provisions of the Very Dry Condition. The Districts made efforts to reduce the irrigation demands placed on Lake McConaughy. Central limited the storage water available to contract canals and limited Central customers to 6.7 acre-inches per acre. NPPD planned for reduced deliveries and continued rotational deliveries on all of NPPD's canals and NPPD contract canals. XEA operations ¦began water year with 97,804 acre-feet ¦added 314 acre-feet on October 1 ¦added 35,351 acre-feet from October through April ¦released 33,892 acre-feet ¦ended with approximately 84,712 acre-feet McConaughy increased 146,800 acre-feet from previous year to end at 602,300 acre-feet.