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<br />," <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />November 22-23 , 1999 Board Meeting <br />Agenda Item 20 g <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3, Wolford Mountain Reservoir Storage Space <br />· 6000 AF of storage space is provide to the Service along with a proportionate <br />share of reservoir inflows, Releases from this space are protected via an <br />agreement between the Colorado River Water Conservation District, U,S, Fish & <br />Wildlife Service and the CWCB, <br />4, Grand Valley Water Management & Green Mountain Reservoir - Historic User Pool <br />· 28,400 AF is conserved via the implementation of check structures in the Grand <br />Valley Canal, most of which shows up as storage in the Green Mountain <br />Reservoir HUP, The CWCB is contributing $1,250,000 from the construction <br />fund to provide the state's cost share for this project. These funds will be used to <br />establish the long-term O&M account for this project. <br />· 9,000 AF of which will be made available at the Palisade return to river. <br />5, Orchard Mesa Check Case Settlement & Green Mountain Reservoir - Historic User <br />Pool Surpluses <br />· 16,000 to 65,000 AF is made available to the 15-Mile Reach under terms of this <br />settlement through reduced calls for water a Cameo, CWCB is involved with the <br />coordination of these releases along with other water available to the reach, We <br />have just completed our 2nd year of coordination on this operation, <br />6, Coordinated Reservoir Operations <br />· This is the only activity that currently adds water to the spring peak. CWCB and <br />Reclamation staffs convene this effort every spring, This involves the voluntary <br />bypass of water at reservoirs in the basin during the spring peak for up to a 10-day <br />period, We began this effort in 1997 and it has added between 2,000 and 2,500 <br />CFS to the peak, Between 16,000 and 20,000 AF has been bypassed each year, <br />Bypasses are terminated if overbank flooding problems are likely as they were in <br />1997, CWCB staff is responsible for providing an annual report to the Recovery <br />Program, <br />7, Coordinated Facilities Operations Study (CFOPS) <br />· CWCB staff chairs the Executive Committee that is responsible for overseeing the <br />conduct of this study, This is a 2-phase study directed at providing approximately <br />an addition 20,000 AF on average to the spring peak, Phase I of the effort was a <br />screening process to identify the most promising potential alternatives for further <br />study during Phase II, Phase I should be complete by the end of January 2000, <br />Alternatives that will receive further review include (I) Expanded coordinated <br />reservoir operations, (2) Efficiency improvements to conveyance and delivery <br />systems, (3) New mainstem storage below Shoshone, (4) Modifications to <br />hydropower operations both east and west slope (but not as stand alone efforts <br />necessarily), <br />8, CRDSS Model Runs <br />· The Water Rights Planning Model ofCRDSS has been used extensively by the <br />CWCB in coordination with the U,S, Fish & Wildlife Service to identify the level <br />of depletions currently occurring above the 15-Mile Reach, It was also used to <br />determine the potential amount of future depletions possible with the flow related <br />features of the RIPRAP implemented, <br /> <br />2 <br />