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Water Year 2010 EA Summary <br />Accural — 42,403 acre -feet (3rd largest since EA established) <br />Losses -- 10,024 acre -feet (smallest since WY04) <br />Releases — None <br />Carryover to 2011 — 120,060 acre -feet (largest since EA established) <br />(See Appendix A for more complete EA and McConaughy stats since WY2000) <br />Month <br />WY2009 <br />Carry-Over <br />(af) <br />10% of Storable <br />Natural Inflows <br />(af) <br />EA Evaporation <br />& Seepage Loss <br />(af) <br />EA Releases <br />(af) <br />October (2009) <br />87,680* <br />7,454 <br />367 <br />0 <br />November <br />—May 10 <br />7,404 <br />583 <br />0 <br />December <br />— Sept 15 <br />4,596 <br />409 <br />0 <br />January (2010) <br />5,181 <br />205 <br />0 <br />February <br />4,889 <br />215 <br />0 <br />March <br />7,103 <br />583 <br />0 <br />April <br />5,776 <br />910 <br />0 <br />May <br />0 <br />1,127 <br />0 <br />June <br />0 <br />1,172 <br />0 <br />July <br />0 <br />1,311 <br />0 <br />August <br />0 <br />2,091 <br />0 <br />September <br />0 <br />1051 <br />0 <br />Totals 1 <br />429403 <br />109024 <br />0 <br />End -of -Month EA <br />Content <br />94,767 <br />101,588 <br />105,775 <br />110,752 <br />115,426 <br />121,946 <br />126,812 <br />125.685 <br />124,513 <br />123,202 <br />121.11 <br />WY 10 Carry -Over <br />* WY 2009 Carry-Over includes 314 of credited to the EA on 10 -01 -2009 as per CNPPID's FERC license. <br />Water Year 2010 Environmental Account Release Priorities <br />EA Release Priorities for WY10 (all periods not listed are prioritized as "Low "): <br />Oct 1 —Nov <br />15 <br />2,400 <br />whooping crane, waterfowl <br />Medium/Low <br />Feb 16 <br />— Mar 15 <br />3,350 <br />system processes (e.g. pulse) <br />Medium/Low <br />Mar 23 <br />—May 10 <br />2,400 <br />whooping crane, others <br />Medium/Low <br />May 11 <br />— Sept 15 <br />1,200 <br />least tern, piping plover <br />Medium <br />Carry -over <br />High <br />* * With carryover the highest priority (to prepare for series of SDHF releases in next 5 years), <br />and summer flow support the next highest priority, no EA releases were seriously considered <br />until the tern and plover nesting season became. By that time, flows in the Central Platte were <br />elevated and then stayed substantially above the species target flow level throughout the rest of <br />the season (see graph below and also mean daily discharge figures for Overton, Kearney and <br />Grand Island). <br />