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<br />Mr. Jesse P. Silva <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />and the terms ofIID's 1932 contract to release water to lID only in such quantities as might be <br />"reasonably required for potable and irrigation purposes Within the boundaries of the District," to <br />ensure that the junior right holders are not deprived of w~ter lawfully theirs. <br /> <br />The long-held expectation ofthe Department has been that Colorado River water deliveries to <br />California in 2003 would be governed in large part by the Quantification Settlement Agreement. <br />In the absence of such a settlement, and in a year in which California will be limited to a maximum <br />consumptive use of 4.4 maf, the United States will limit releases to no to the quantity of water <br />permitted under a maximum water duty of 6.13 aL'acre calculated from the 1979 Decree's <br />determination ofIID's present perfected rights. <br /> <br />Thus, in the event the Quantification Settlement Agreement and its related documents are not <br />executed by December 31, 2002, this determination applies the 6.13 af7acre water dutyto <br />453,183 acres ofland, the actual total net acres in crop for 2001 reported by no and the most <br />recent data available with respect to the number of acre$ irrigated within llD. llis results in a <br />consumptive use irrigation right (diversions less return flow) for 2003 of 2,778,000 af. no will <br />be permitted an additional 95,600 affor non-agricultural uses (including potable uses), based on <br />the latest data available, for a total consumptive use right of2,873,600 af. In accordance with <br />IID's request, this determination approves the delivery of 104,000 af of that amount to MWD, <br />and approves the remaining amount of 2,769,600 affor'IID's consumptive use. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />