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<br />.' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />IlL Overview of the Gen III Model <br /> <br />- Including capabilities and limitations of Gen 1lI <br /> <br />IV. Interpreting the Results <br /> <br />- Discussion on Model Precision and Accuracy <br /> <br />V. Open Discussion, Q&A, etc. <br /> <br />The workshop will last until noon. Ifnecessary, the workshop may continue for a short time after lunch. <br />The Hydrology Committee will meet following the workshop (Agenda items include Extreme Conditions <br />Memo, current hydrological conditions, previous meeting minutes, etc.). <br /> <br />Navajo Unit Operation Coordination Meeting: An operations coordination meeting will be held on <br />Jan. 18 in Farmington. It is hoped that with the above average snowfall so far this winter that operations <br />will be closer to normal than during the past 5-years of drought, however, Navajo is still not projected to <br />fill. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />San Juan Chama Dam Groundbreaking: On Jan. 4, ground was broken to begin construction for a new <br />diversion dam as a component of the San Juan Chama Drinking Water Project (DWP). The new high-tech <br />inflatable dam raises and lowers as water flows vary. The diversion dam will divert the City's San Juan- <br />Chama water from the Rio Grande. The diversion dam will divert approximately 48,000 acre-feet per <br />year. The new diversion dam includes fish screens and a fishway to allow for passage of the silvery <br />minnow. The total project will cost approximately $275 million. <br /> <br />The DWP consists of diversion structures in the Colorado River Basin that capture part of New Mexico's <br />share of the Colorado River. The water is channeled into the Rio Grande Basin and stored at Heron <br />Reservoir. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Navajo Nation Settlement: On Dec. 10,2004 a revised draft San Juan water rights settlement between <br />the State of New Mexico and the Navajo Nation was released. The Navajo Nation is expected to consider <br />it soon, and Interstate Streams Commission approval could come in January. The State Attorney General <br />must also approve the settlement. <br /> <br />Earlier drafts were released in December 2003 and July 2004. State Engineer John D' Antonio said, "This <br />proposed settlement agreement...draws to a close more than 20 years of efforts to adjudicate the Navajo <br />Nation's water rights claims. Importantly for non-Navajo water right owners, it protects existing uses of <br />water, it allows for future growth, and it does so within the amount of water apportioned to New Mexico <br />by the Colorado River Compact." <br /> <br />If approved by New Mexico and the Navajo Nation, draft legislation would be forwarded to the state's <br />Congressional delegation to approve the settlement and authorize the related Navajo-Gallup Water Supply <br />Project. Under the settlement, the Bureau of Reclamation would also contract to supply additional water <br />to the Navajo Nation from the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project and the Animas-La Plata Project. The <br />agreement calls for enactment of the settlement by the end of December 2006, with a partial final decree <br />to be entered by the end of2010, a hydrographic survey completed by December 2011, and a <br />supplemental partial final decree by the end of2013. The agreement also sets milestones for project <br />funding and construction. <br /> <br />PRID and Reclamation Negotiating Non-Irrigation Water Use: On Dec. 14 the Pine River Irrigation <br />District and Reclamation officials debated the non-irrigation use ofVallecito project water. PRID and <br />Reclamation are negotiating a contract to cover existing and potential non-irrigation uses, including <br />municipal water used by Bayfield, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Ignacio, augmentation for well <br />water, and the proposed rural water system in southeast La Plata County. <br /> <br />31 <br />