WSP00154

• File Number: 8210.140.20.A
• Description: Colorado River Basin Organizations/Entities - CRBSF - Colorado River Board of California
• Date: 2/28/2000
• Author: CRBC
• Title: Colorado River Water Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

VI. Scheduled Flows to Mexico - An'ivals an:I. excess arrivals of Water for calemar Year 2000
(lIcre-feet)

Jan.
Feb.
MarCt1
AprU
May
June
July
August
Sept.
, Oct.
C'> Nov.
,
Dee.
ColUllU'l (1) .
(2) .

(3) ..
(4) .

(5) .
(6) .

(1)

(2)

(3) (4) (5) (6)
Excess
An'ivals
in acx:ord other Total Omulative
with Excess Excess Excess
Minute 242 An'ivals An'ivals -" An'ivals
8,331 14,959 23,290 23,290 ,

Scheduled
Flow

Total
. Aq:i vals
180,281

156,991
179,548
194,570
164,796
151,455
143,402
145,643
92,518
93,141
93,231
129,518
155.187
1,700,000

Flow schedule requsted by Mexico. In smplus years as detel:mined by the United states, Mexico
can sdledule 1. 7 rather than 1.5 million acre-feet.
Total Colorado River waters reac:::hin:J Mexico. It is the sum of: 1) Colorado River water measured
at the northerly international botm:lal:y, 2) drainage waters measured at the saJtherly interna-
tional botm:lal:y near San lllis, Arizona, an:I. 3) Welltarl-ft:tlawk drainage waters """'''''Ired at the
saJtherly international botm:lal:y. It is the sum of ColUllD1S (1) + (5).
Arizona I s Wellton-Mohawk District drainage water. 'Ihis water is deschaJ:ged to the Santa Clara
slalgh in Mexico via a COh..a.t<te lined canal.
Excess arrivals other than Wellton-Mohawk drainage. It is the sum of: 1) a delivery of about
5,000 a.f. per year to ensure that Mexico receives what is scheduled, 2) releases fran Parker
Dam whid1 are not used due to unexpected rainfall in the Palo Verde, Coad1ella, Inperial, an:I.
Yuma areas, 3) controlled flood releases on the Gila an:I. Colorado River, an:I. 4) local runoff.
Sum of ColUllD1S (3) an:I. ( 4) .
Omulatioo of ColUllU'l (5).

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