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" " . Full details of the program can be found at Denver Water's website. In addition to the program for 2006, staff is working on an expanded conservation initiative, the 2016 Plan, which will be brought for consideration later this year. These efforts will payoff in tlie long term for all citizens of Colorado. Nortbern Colorado Water Conservancy District Board Declares 30 % CBT Quota: Citing a desire to combat low soil moisture conditions, the Board of Directors ofthe Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District declared at its meeting April 14 an 80-percent quota for Colorado-Big Thompson Project water. This is an increase of 20 percent from the initial quota set in November 2005. The 80-percent quota means C-BT allottees will receive eight-tenths of an acre-foot for every unit they own. The 80-percent quota will make available 248,000 acre feet of Colorado River water in the coming months for agricultural, municipal and industrial users in the District. An acre foot equals nearly 326,000 gallons of water, which is approximately the amount used by two urban families in one year. The Board set the initial quota at 60 percent in November. The Directors discussed balancing the desire to build up C-BT storage versus the immediate needs of water users within the eight-county District service area. The Board indicated a desire to help farmers who are dealing with low soil moisture conditions. With the ongoing drought the Board has had to set the quota considering water availability in recent years. This year they were able to return to the traditional method. Board President Mike Applegate noted. "The Board was able to set the quota the old-fashioned way based on demand." C-BT storage is above average for the first time since 2000. As of Aprill, snowpack in the Upper Colorado River basin was 101 percent of average. Overall inflows to the C-BT's west slope collection system are projected to be 99 percent of average. . Lake Granby, the system's largest collection reservoir, was at S3 percent of tot a! capacity April I, up . from 24 percent at the same time last year. Total storage in the project as of the beginning of April was 512,651 acre feet, which is 2 percent above average. The initial C-BT quota is set in November each year and revisited the following April. The board considers snowpack, runoff and estimated direct diversions while striving to balance the region's water needs with the amount available in the C-BT Project and local storage reserves. Bureau of Reclamation Anticipates Sumelent Water to Meet Green Mountain Contractors: On April 24, the Bureau of Reclamation sent a memo to the Green Mountain Water Service Contractors stating the Bureau's anticipation that there will be sufficient water to meet the needs of the Green Mountain Contractors for the coming contract year of July 12006 through June 30, 2007. The bureau also enclosed a water demand schedule that each of the contractors need to return to the Bureau by June I. 2006. Deuver Water Closes Roberts Tunnel Due to Spill: Federal and state authorities were concerned that the North Fork of the Snake River and Dillon Reservoir could be contaminated after a tractor-trailer turned over on Loveland Pass on April 28. The crash caused about 400 gallons ofiron oxide pigmentation, which is rust. and water with ethylene glycol, which is a main component of antifreeze, to ' flow into the North Fork. Denver Water decided to close the Roberts Runnel, which transfers water from Dillon Reservoir to the treatment plants in Denver as a precaution while officials collect samples from Lake Dillon to seer if it was contaminated. Immediate water supplies will not be affected because Denver Water has alternative sources. . 21