BOARD00220

• Board Meeting Date: 9/22/2003
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

California Quantification Settlement Agreement and Related Activities: At the Sept. 11 Colorado
River Annual
Operating Plan
meeting, Reclamation
and California interests
indicated they have
reached agreement on a
QSA. This agreement
required the state
funding legislation
required to implement
the Salton Sea
activities to be passed
by SepU2, 2003. All
other agreements must
be concluded by Oct.
12, including the
agreement with the
Secretary of Interior.

. We are waiting to see if
all these actions occur, but California and Nevada interesta were pressing for consultations and
reinstatement of the Interim Surplus Guidelines as soon asipossible after Oct. 12.

The graph below shows how water is being used by Califo;mia agriculture in comparison to the Interim
Surplus Guidelines. Currently, the year-end forecast is slightly in excess of the 2003 target.

August 1 Forecast of 2003 Year-End ColOrado River
Water Use by the California Agricultural Agencies'

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3.850 MAF
--+-2003 Target = 3.74 MAF
- . . . - .2006 Target = 3.64 MAF
. ~ - 2009 Target a 3.53 MAF
..: i-:': ~~ i..~ ~:..: i-:":: ;..= :""7=" :....:. i-:': i-:': ;..-=-.- c:...: - - ~ 2012 Target = 3.47 MAF

-Wi- Year-End Forecast
--++- Use This Yesr

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Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program: R\llidy continues to be intensively involved in
determining which activities should be part of the strategi(\ plan, prioritizing those activities and .
developing the annual work plan and budget. '

Efforts have been focused the development of a comprehensive action plan aimed at conserving the
Humpback Chub. At the Aug. 13-14 meeting, the AMWQ made a recommendation to the Secretary of
Interior that the Management Objectives and Information Needs identified in the strategic plan be
. accepted as recommended by the Ad Hoc Workgroup on what should and should not be included in the
AMP. Colorado chaired that Ad Hoc Workgroup. AMW<iI acceptance means that the strategic plan is
one step closer to completion and the several items we had! sought to make outside the program, or at least
ineligible for AMP funding, have been achieved. '

2004 Colorado River Annual Operating Plan Meeting: The first consultation meeting with the
Colorado River Management Work Group (CRMWG) for the development of the 2004 Colorado River
Annual Operating Plan (AOP) was held June 3rd in Las Vegas. Further consultation occurred on August
6th and the fmal consultation was held on September 11 th in Las Vegas. The draft 2004 AOP was
accepted by the CRMWG at the September 11 th meeting. . Key issues in this year's AOP discussions were
the language related to California Quantification Settlemertt Agreement and potential reinstatement of the
Interim Surplus Guidelines, which are currently suspendedl Even if a QSA were achieved, only a partial
domestic surplus would be available for the Lower Basin, ~ecause Lake Mead is projected to be below
elevation 1145 on December 31, 2003. Otherissues included shortages due to the continued drought
throughout most of the basin, 602(a) Storage determinatio~s, impacts to the Cienga de Santa Clara ifthe
Yuma Desalter is operated and inadvertent overruns and delivery shortages. With the exception of
shortages, these issues are being addressed in separate forUms.

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