WSP01017

• File Number: 8210.140.20.A
• Description: Colorado River - Colo River Basin - Orgs/Entities - CRBSF - California - Colo River Board of Calif
• State: CA
• Date: 1/13/2004
• Author: Gerald Zimmerman
• Title: Executive Directors Monthly Report to the Colorado River Board of California
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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MOU Bctwcen MWD and DOl

Included in the Board folder is a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding between the
Department of the Interior and the Metropolitan Water District of Southem California for
Cooperative Planning and Resource Management Prograrns (MOO) which was signed by
Commissioner Keys and MWD Chairman Pace in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 11, 2003. The
intent of the MOU is to speed water efficiency and conservation projects called for in California's
plan to reduce its use of Colorado River water. The MOU will help implement the San Luis Rey
Indian Water Rights Settlement Act. The first major conservation effort agreed to under the MOU
is the lining of the All-American Canal.

2004 Annual Operating Plan

With the California agencies executing the Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA) and
reinstatement of the surplus provisions of the Interim Surplus Guidelines (ISG), Reclamation has
revised the 2004 Annual Operating Plan for the Colorado River System Reservoirs (2004 AOP).
Included in the Board folder is a copy of the Final 2004 Annual Operating Plan, that has been
submitted to the Secretary of the Interior for approval and signature.

The 2004 AOP acknowledges execution of a QSA and determines that, through application
of the ISG, calendar year 2004 will be governed by a Partial Domestic Surplus, rather than a Normal
condition. The table below shows the water use for both the Normal determination and the Partial
Domestic Surplus determination for comparison purposes.

Calendar Year 2004 Water Use

ENTITY Pardal Normal
Domestic (AF)
Surplus (AF)
Arizona Total 2,800,000 2,800,000
Central Arizona Project 1,603,000 1,603,000
Other AZ Users 1,197,000 1,197,000
California Total 4,563,000 4,400,000
Metropolitan Water District 853,000 592,500
Agriculture Districts 3,696,900 3,794,400
Other CA UseIll 13,100 13,100
Nevada Total 315,000 300,000
Southern Nevada Water System 295,000 280,000
OtherNVUSeIll 20,000 20,000
Total Lower Basin States 7,678,000 7,500,000

The 2004 AOP contains the following determinations:

. UDDer Basin Delivery: The minimum objective release criterion will control the annual
release from Glen Canyon Dam during water year 2004 in accordance with Article II(2)

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