BOARD00582

• Board Meeting Date: 5/19/2003
• Description: WSP Section - Ruedi Reservoir - Proposed Contract to Deliver 10,825 AF Annually to Endangered Fish in the 15-Mile Reach Through 2012
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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V. MEASUREMENT AND DELIVERY

A. Releases made pursuant to this Agreement will be measured at the outlet works by the
Contracting Officer.

B. The Service, through the Recovery Program, shall install, operate, maintain, and
replace any waterflow measuring and recording devices necessary to ensure that the water is
delivered to and through the 15 Mile Reach.

C. CWCB shall ensure that all water released by Reclamation pursuant to this
Agreement, less transit losses, as measured at the Palisade Gage, will be delivered and protected
by the Division 5 Engineer to and through the 15 Mile Reach.

D. Reclamation shall not be responsible for the delivery, control, carriage, use, handling,
or distribution of water provided pursuant to this Agreement, delivered beyond the outlet works
of the reservoir or other point of release.

VI. USEOFWATER

A. Water made available pursuant to this Agreement shall be used by the Service to
contribute toward meeting the Service=s Target Flows in the 15 Mile Reach.

B. No lease, sale, donation, or transfer of any of the water provided pursuant to this
Agreement may be made without prior written approval by Reclamation.

vn. WATER SHORTAGE AND APPORTIONMENT

A. The Contracting Officer shall operate the Project in accordance with the Operating
Principles.

B. If the Contracting Officer determines that a water shortage may occur, the Contracting
Officer may require the Service to submit a schedule of its anticipated monthly demands for the
delivery of water pursuant to this Agreement. The Contracting Officer will review the schedule
along with anticipated demand schedules submitted by the other Ruedi contractors to determine
if there is sufficient water to meet the needs identified.

If the Contracting Officer determines that, based on the schedules, there may not be sufficient
water to meet the need for water under this Agreement and for other Ruedi contracts and a
shortage may need to be declared, Reclamation, CWCB, and the Service will work
cooperatively, in coordination with the Recovery Program, to determine how the Service could
conserve water in the best immediate and longer-tenn interests of all water users with Ruedi
contracts. Coordination with the Recovery Program will include consultation on a regular basis,
usually weekly, with participants in the Coordinated Reservoir Operation System (CROS)
efforts, entities involved in determination of the Green Mountain Historic User Pool (HUP)
Swplus Water, and others as appropriate, to ensure that all water user needs are addressed. The

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