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<br />2081 application, CDFG representatives were of the opinion that another meeting to
<br />review the draft CESA application was unnecessary, As such, CDFG proceeded to
<br />prepare a draft of its CESA Section 2081 permit.
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<br />A conference call was held on December 10th among the California agencies to
<br />discuss the draft permit and a meeting was held on December 13th with CDFG to go over
<br />the provisions contained in the draft CESA Section 2081 permit. At the Board meeting, I
<br />will report on the outcome from the December 13th meeting with CDFG.
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<br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGlITS
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<br />Colorado River Water Report
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<br />As of December 1, 2004, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased
<br />by 223,000 acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs increased by 241,000
<br />acre-feet during November, Total System active storage as of December 9th was 29.854
<br />million acre-feet (mat) or 50 percent of capacity, which is 3.307 maf less than one year
<br />ago.
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<br />November releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 8,430, 8,070
<br />and 4,810 cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively. Planned releases from those three
<br />dams for the month of December 2004 are 8,000, 6,200, and 4,400 cfs, respectively. The
<br />December releases represent those needed to meet downstream water requirements
<br />including those caused by reduced operation of Senator Wash Reservoir. In October,
<br />there was 3,221 acre-feet of mitigation water delivered to the Salton Sea. Through the
<br />end of October 2004, a total of 14,171 acre-feet of mitigation water was delivered to the
<br />Salton Sea.
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<br />As of December 8th, taking into account both measured and unmeasured return
<br />flows, the Lower Division States' consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar
<br />year 2004, as forecasted by Reclamation, totals 7.381 mat and is described as follows:
<br />Arizona, 2,796 maf; California, 4.301 maf; and Nevada, 0.284 maf. The Central Arizona
<br />Project (CAP) will divert 1.643 maf, of which 0.301 maf are planned to be delivered to
<br />the Arizona Water Bank. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
<br />(MWD) will use about 0.687 maf, which is 3,000 acre-feet more than its 2003 use of
<br />mainstream water.
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<br />The preliminary end-of-year estimate by the Board staff for 2004 California
<br />agricultural consumptive use of Colorado River water under the first three priorities and
<br />the sixth priority of the 1931 California Seven Party Agreement is 3.586 maf. This
<br />estimate, by Board staff, is based on the collective use, through October 2004, by the
<br />Palo Verde Irrigation District, the Yuma Project-Reservation Division (YPRD), the
<br />Imperial Irrigation District, and the Coachella Valley Water District. Figure 1, found at
<br />the end of this report, depicts the historic projected end-of-year agricultural use for the
<br />year.
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