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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />December 1 Forecast of 2005 Year-End Colorado River <br />Water Use by the California Agricultural Agencies <br /> <br />:r <br />1; <br />.! <br />, <br />~ 3 <br />co <br />... <br />o <br />~ 2 <br />~ <br />:i <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />.j <br /> <br />.-.-. _. .-- <br />----------------- <br /> <br />.. ....... ..~.". '.' ...... -............ <br />_. .-. .-.-.-.-.-. <br />------- <br /> <br />3.850 MAF <br />-2003 Target = 3.74 MAF <br />""",2008 Target = 3.64 MAF <br />- ' - ' - 2009 Target = 3.53 MAF <br />- - - - 2012 Target = 3,47 MAF <br />____ Year..end Forecast <br />---+- Use This Year <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />o <br />JFMAMJJASONDJ <br /> <br />First of Month <br /> <br />Green Mountain Reservoir 2005 HUP Operations: The annual Green Mountain HUP wrapup meeting <br />was held January 20th in Glenwood Springs, Participants discussed the events and decisions of 2005 and <br />reviewed the draft annual report, The following are highlights from the draft annual report and summer <br />meetings: <br /> <br />Spring 2005 was drier than average in the upper Colorado River basin and reservoir storage was below <br />nonnal. Most reservoirs were not predicted to fill, Therefore Coordinated Reservoir Operation efforts <br />were not conducted in 2005, Higher than average snowpack in the lower basin helped maintain near- <br />nonnal flows in the IS-Mile Reach. The USFWS set the summer flow target at 1240 cfs for most of the <br />summer to reflect the average flow conditions at Palisade. <br /> <br />June 2005 was significantly wetter than normal in the upper basin and reservoirs received higher inflows <br />than predicted. Green Mountain, Dillon, Williams Fork and Ruedi reservoirs filled. Wolford Mountain <br />reservoir did not. Therefore Ruedi and Williams Fork reservoirs made available their full endangered fish <br />storage pools and Wolford made available an equitable portion of its total storage. By mid-August the <br />HUP managing entities declared a surplus and water was also provided from the Green Mountain HUP <br />pool to benefit the fish. <br /> <br />A total of 53,177 AF was released from the four reservoirs from mid-August through October to <br />maintain the target flows in the 15-Mile Reach, The releases by reservoir were as follows: <br /> <br />Green Mountain HUP <br />Ruedi Reservoir <br />Williams Fork Reservoir <br />Wolford Mountain Reservoir <br /> <br />31,200 AF <br />17,163 AF <br />3,814 AF <br />1,000 AF <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />53,177 AF <br /> <br />31 <br />