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FINDINGS OF FAcr AND <br />RESOLUTION OF THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION <br />PAGE 2 <br />4. The Colorado River basin below Lee Ferry has experienced unprecedented <br />precipitation, resulting in approximately 6 million acre -feet of water being available <br />to the Colorado River mainstem and its tributaries below Lee Ferry. As a result, <br />Lower Basin soil moisture, ground water and storage reservoirs are full or spilling. <br />Storage in Lake Mead has increased, and as of March 28, 2005 stands at 16.22 <br />million acre —feet, or 62.7% of live storage capacity. <br />5. In 2005, no deficiency in the quantities specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Article <br />III of the Colorado River Compact has been shown to exist, and no such deficiency <br />has been identified by the Secretary of Interior for the current water year. <br />6. From the current conditions as outlined above, the Commission finds that a total <br />annual delivery of 7.5 million acre -feet minus the actual inflow of the Paria River, <br />should be made at Lee Ferry during water year 2005. Deliveries beginning on May 1, <br />should be adjusted from that described in the 2005 Annual Operating Plan to <br />accomplish this delivery. <br />NOW THEREFORE be it resolved by the Upper Colorado River Commission, that the <br />foregoing Findings of Fact be transmitted to the Secretary of Interior to be observed in the <br />operation of the Colorado River above Lee Ferry, and specifically, operations at Glen <br />Canyon Dam. <br />