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<br />November 22-23 , 1999 Board Meeting
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<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,
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