Special Report of the Operations Secretary

• Year: 2003
• Title: Special Report of the Operations Secretary
• Author: Arkansas River Compact Adminstration
• Description: Concerning processes to resolve administrative issues, the status of issues, and a proposal to alternate the offices of operations secretary and assistant operations secretary 12/8/2003
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

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Issue
Operations Committee or other
Number
Issue
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KS Staff position
CO Staff Position
KS Staff Comment
GO Staff Comment
general Comment(s)
10
Permanent Pool
Evaporai ion should be
Agreed that pro rata by
The Permanent Pool is 'a
Propose to resolve
Recommend continued use of pro
evaporation
pro rata by volume on
volume is fairest and
recognized account in
inconsistency by new
rata by volume for CY2002.
charges calculated
all accounts. The
simplest method, but
the 1980 Operating -
resolutio modifying the
by pro rata volume
permanent pool is
need to clear up
Plan. As such; ffie 1980
Operating Criteria
vs. incremental
recognized as an
inconsistent provisions
OperatinjPlan does
attached to the 1976
area
account in the 1980
between 1980 Plan and
include the perrrazient
resolution and
Operating Plan.
1976 resolution
pool to the pro rata by
superceding the
authorizing permanent
volume evaporation
provision as to
Recommend that ARCA assign the
pool and containing
method Tr} review of
evaporation calculation
Engineering Committee to
See Supplement A
specific perm pool
s
documents re ated to the
and authorizing at same
consider other sources of
— Language of the
o
Operating Criteria
development o� the 1980
time a new source of
Permanent Pool water and other
ways to resolve the issue. The
1980 O eratin
p g
Operating Plan, it would
seem that the Permanent
evaporation replacement
water for the perm pool
Engineering Committee should
Plan and the 1976
Pool was to be charged
based on consumptive
make a recommendation to ARCA
Resolution
evaporation on a volume
use water from transfer
in December. — ARCA formally
establishing the
basis. The reference to
of existing Colorado
adopted this as a resolution on 10
Permanent Pool
the 1976 Resolution was
irrigation rights. "stand
May 2002.
to show that charging
its pro rata share on the
the Permanent Pool
same basis as with all
evaporation was nothing
other accounts."
-
new.
12
Consideration of
See Issue 10 above.
new sources of
o
permanent pool.
a
20
Winter Water
See letter dated 21
Account of
o
October 2003 from
convenience
a
Kevin Salter
2002issues tableKdoe Joint work product — 24 October 2003 Draft Issues Table — For discussion purposes only