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Following extensive discussions, the parties involved have agreed that the water to which the San . Luis Rey Tribes are entitled - which will become ll.vailable through the lining of the All American and Coachella canals - will be made available for leasing by the Metropolitan Water District. Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act: On Sept. 24, Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and John McCain (R- AZ) introduced the Gila River Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act. S. 2992 would make adjustments to the Central Arizona Project (CAP) and the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982. The bill is the result of over five years of negotiations between state, tribal and federal representatives. Smce Arizona began receiving CAP water from tqe Colorado River, litigation has divided water u: . rs over how the CAP water should be allocated and t:;xactly how much Arizona was required to repay . 'the, federal government. This bill will codify the settlement reached between the United States and.ie C;ehtral Arizona Water Conservation District over the state's repayment obligation. It will also resol\e the allocation of all remaining CAP water. In addition, approximately 200,000 acre-feet of CAP water will be made available to settle various lndi<m water claims, The::bill also authorizes the use' , the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fuhd, which is funded solely from revenues paid by Arizona entities, to construct irrigation works necessary for tribes with congressionally approved water settlements to use CAP water. Upper Colorado River Recovery Implementation Program - Coordinated Facilities Stndy: Brpwn & Caldwell has resumed modeling for the Coordinated. Facilities Study. Modeling ceased fr. several months while the StateMod code and data sets were updated ~o match current reservoir eJOChange operations and recovery actions. The new results more closely match current operations 1 Jt do not change the overall results and conclusions ofthe study. The draft final report should be givel1 . to the technical committee for review by December. The study and final report should be complete by March 2003. ' Colorado Decision Support System: The irrigated acreage update for the western slope has been completed and will be loaded into HydroBase by the end of 2002. The Gunnison River Basin StateMod data set is being updated to include recent irrigated acreage, climate, streamflow and diversion data and more detailed information for the upper Gunnison basin. Improvements to the StateMod CI run for Colorado River mainstem w~re completed. in October. Other updates to the Colorado River data sets will be made in 2003 in preparation for extensive use of the Colorado River model in future years for consumptive uses and lo~ses calculations and for depletion accounting for the Recovery Program. . Ray Alvarado also gave a presentation on the CD$S to Colorado members of the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NA WQA) Program iI). November. NOAA CDC Forecasting Project: We continue to work with the NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC) and Colorado Basin River Forecast! Center (CBRFC) to improve local springtime weather and streamflow forecasts for the Colorad~ and Gurmison river basins. Improved forecasts are expected to aid reservoir operators, water planner~, and water users in their efforts to be efficient and maximize their resources as they make spring storage and release decisions, demand projections, cooperate in efforts to enhance spring peak flows for endangered fish, flood control measures and other competing issues. Colorado River Salinity Control Program: Salinity levels in the river remain well below the established standards at Hoover, Parker and Impetial. However, the reductions in salinity are making . it increasingly difficult to meet the differential (1 5 +/- 30 mgll) at the Northern International J1