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002500 . . ct.l- fL ~~ '/W""""~ 14<;.)[ CJ2. p f' p 2PO'I M.:;'/.. D,,-I~- P~~I-.\~'.~ ti. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA November 10. 2003 . ADMINISTRATION Tentative Board Meeting Schedule for Calendar Year 2004 Included in the Board folder is a copy of the Board's tentative schedule for calendar year 2004, I would request that each Board member, alternate, and agency manager review the proposed schedule and give me your comments prior to our December meeting, at which time I will seek approval of the schedule, AGENCY MANAGER.'i MEETING The Agency Managers have not met since the last Board meeting, PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS Colorado River Water ReDort As ofNovernber 1,2003, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by 106,000 acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs decreased by 253,000 acre-feet during September, Total System active storage as of November 6lh was 33.482 million acre-feet (mat) or 56 percent of capacity, which is 3,947 mafless than one year ago, October releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 8,750, 11,480 and 8,280 cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively, Planned releases from those three dams for the month of November 2003 are I 1,600,9,800, and 6,300 cfs, respectively, The November releases represent those needed to meet downstream water requirements including those caused by the reduced operation of Senator Wash Reservoir for safety of dams reasons, \' without a.~ executed Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA), the Lower Division States' consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar year 2003 is limited to 7,5 maf, i.e" Arizona 2,8 maf, California 4.4 maf, and Nevada 0,3 maf. For calendar year 2003, it is estimated the Central Arizona Project (CAP) will divert 1,555 maf, of which 0,273 maf is to be credited to the Arizona Water BanIe The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) will be required to reduce its consumptive use to 0.621 maf or 50 percent of its actual use of mainstream water in 2002.