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<br />. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />final October 6,2003, observed unregulated inflow into Lake Powell for the 2003-04 water year was <br />6.358 maf, or 53 percent of the 30-year average. <br /> <br />Without an executed Quantification Settlement Agyeement, the Lower Division States' <br />consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar year 2003 is limited to 7.5 maf, i.e., Arizona <br />2.8 maf, California 4.4 maf, and Nevada 0.3 maf. For calendar year 2003, it is estimated the Central <br />Arizona Project (CAP) will divert 1.580 mar, of which 0.273 maf is to be credited to the Arizona <br />Water Bank. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) will be required to <br />reduce its consumptive use to 0.581 maf or 47 percent of its actual use of mainstream water in 2002. <br /> <br />As of October 2nd, and taking into account both measured and unmeasured return flows, the <br />Lower Division States' consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar year 2003, as <br />forecasted by the Board's staff, totals 7.:913...!!!af before deduction of 0.264 maf for unmeasured <br />return flow cTedits and is distributed as follows: Arizona, 2.888 maf; California, 4.414 maf; and <br />Nevada, 0.311 maf. <br /> <br />The preliminary end-of-year estimate for 2003 California agricultural consumptive use of <br />Colorado River water under the first three priorities and the sixth priority of the 1931 California <br />Seven Party Agreement is 3.764 maf. This estimate is based on the collective use through August t <br />2003 by the Palo Verde Irrigation District, the Yuma Project-Reservation Division (YPRD), the <br />Imperial Irrigation District, and the Coachella Valley Water District. Figure I, found at the end of <br />this report, depicts the historic projected end-of-year agricultural use for the year. <br /> <br />'3'1 <br />(oj <br />.tJ-) <br />~ <br /> <br />Colorado River Operations <br /> <br />2004 Annual Operating Plan <br /> <br />The final draft of the 2004 Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for Colorado River System <br />Reservoirs has been prepared and transmitted to the Department of the Interior (DOl) for review and <br />approval. Changes resulting from the September 11, 2003, meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, with <br />stakeholders have been incoTporated into the final draft of the AOP. I anticipate that DOl will be <br />transmitting the 2004 AOP to the seven Basin State Governors prior to the end of the year. "...d . <br />c::::::v j; <br />Reclamation's Study of602(a} Storage Criteria 2{$ A 7 <br /> <br />On January 16,2001, the Secretary of the Interior signed the record of decision (ROD) for <br />the Colorado River Interim Surplus Guidelines. During the public comment period on the draft <br />Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), the Basin States submitted infonnation concerning interim <br />sUTplus criteria and other related issues. The final EIS was based in large part on the Basin States' <br />proposal except for Lake Powell "equalization" releases. <br /> <br />The Basin States' had proposed that during the Interim Period, 602(a) storage requirements <br />detennined in accordance with Article II (1) of the Long-Range Operating Criteria shall utilize a <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />.l: <br />