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<br />002312 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT <br />TO THE <br />COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />January 11,2000 <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> <br />1 have included in the Board folder, for your information, a copy of a letter I received from <br />Mr. Hugh Jenings, a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, addressed to Secretary of the Interior Babbitt <br />suggesting that the Bureau of Reclamation join with California to fund the "California Desalinization <br />Authority" which would build the necessary facilities to convert seawater to fresh water and reduce <br />California's demand for Colorado River water, <br /> <br />ADMINISTRATION <br /> <br />ADril 2000 Board Meeting <br /> <br />Since the approval of the Board's meeting schedule last month, it has come to my attention that <br />the Board's April meeting will conflict with the NWRA-Federal Water Seminar that is held annually <br />in Washington, D.C. I would like to determine if the Board members want to consider canceling the <br />meeting, similar to its action last year in order to allow its members to attend the Seminar, or possibly <br />move its meeting to another date. <br /> <br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS <br /> <br />Colorado River Water ReDort <br /> <br />During November 1999, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by <br />689,000 acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs increased by 148,000 acre-feet. Total <br />System active storage as oflhe end of November was 54.639 million acre-feet (mat) or 92 percent of <br />capacity, which is 0.622 maf less than one year ago. <br /> <br />December releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 12,140, 9,230 and <br />6,450 cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively. Planned releases from those three dams for the month <br />of January 2000 are 19,000, 13,600 and 16,300 cfs, respectively. The December releases represent <br />those needed to meet downstream water requirements. <br /> <br />The January 3, 2000 forecast of April through July 2000 unregulated inflow into Lake Powell <br />is 4.25 maf, which is 55 percent of the 30-year average for the period 1961-1990, The forecast of <br />unregulated inflow into Lake Powell for the 1999-00 water year is 7.997 maf, or 68 percent of the <br />30-year average. <br />