BOARD02602

• Board Meeting Date: 5/20/2002
• Description: WSP Section - Colorado River Basin Issues - Colorado River Annual Operating Plan and Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

actions and complies with reductions in water use reflected in Section 5(C) of
these Guidelines, whichever occurs first, "

To date, the Quantification Settlement Agreement and all related documents have not
been executed. However, many of the major deadlines are in July 2002. Therefore, it
is premature to judge whether or not Califomia will meet the December 31, 2002
deadline until then. If Califomia does not meet the December 31, 2002 deadline, it
would not be entitled to any surplus declaration in 2003 and beyond until such
agreements are completed.

Furthermore with respect to the 2003 AOP, California's agricultural use of Colorado
River water use must be at or below 3.74 maf by December 31, 2003. "XI
(Section5(C))" reads as follows:

Section 5(C)
"California will need to reduce its need for surplus Colorado River water through
the period identified in Section 4(A), The California Agricultural (Palo Verde
Irrigation District (PVID), Yuma Project Reservation Division (YPRD), lID, and
CVWD) usage plus 14,500 af of Present Peifected Rights (PPR) use would need
to be at or below the following amounts at the end of the calendar year indicated
in years of quantified surplus (for Decree accounting purposes all reductions
must be within 25,000 af of the amount stated):

Benchmark Date
(Calendar Year)

Benchmark Quantity
(California Agricultural Usage &
14,500 af ofPPR)

2003
2006
2009
2012

3,74 maf
3,64 maf
3,53 maf
3.47 maf

In the event that California has not reduced its use in amounts equal to the above
Benchmark Quantities, the interim surplus determinations under Sections 2(B)(1)
and 2(B)(2) of these Guidelines will be suspended and will instead be based upon
the 70R Strategy, for the remainder of the period identified in Section 4(A), If
however, California meets the missed Benchmark Quantity before the next
Benchmark Date, the interim surplus determinations under Sections 2(B)(1) and
2(B)(2) shall be reinstated as the basis for the surplus determinations under the
AOP for the next following year(s). Upon such reinstatement, California's
reductions shall return to the schedule identified above.

Califomia agriculture currently uses 3.85 maf annually. To date, uses are still plotted
against the 3.85 maf curve and are currently forecast to slightly exceed the 3.85 maf
value. This operation needs to change in 2003 in order to meet the Benchmarks
identified in the "Record of Decision." While the target milestones are every three