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<br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT
<br />TO THE
<br />COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
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<br />Februarv 12.2002
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<br />AGENCY MANAGERS MEETING
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<br />The Agency Managers held their first meeting in 2002 on January 23'., Discussion topics included:
<br />1) revisit of the reimbursement formula for the Six Agency Committee; 2) determination of the acreage
<br />on the Palo Verde Mesa entitled to receive Priority 3 water; and 3) eligibility oflands on the Yuma Island
<br />to receive Priority 2 water under California's Seven Party Agreement of 193 I,
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<br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS
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<br />Colorado River Water Reoort
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<br />During December 200 I, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by 583,000 acre-feet
<br />and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs increased by 144,000 acre-feet. Total System active storage as
<br />oftlle end of December was 45,015 million acre-feet (mat) or 75 percent ofeapacity, which is 4,380 maf
<br />less than one year ago,
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<br />January releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged] 1,420,10,800 and 6,380 cubic
<br />feet p~; second (cfs), respecti~t;ly. Planned releases from those three dams forthe month of February 2002
<br />are 14,440, 13,870, and 8,280 cfs, respectively. The February releases represent those needed to meet
<br />downstream water requirements including those caused by reduced operation of Senator Wash reservoir.
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<br />The preliminary February 1,2002, projected April through July 2002 unregulated inflow into Lake
<br />Powell was 4,700 maf, which is 59 percent of the 30-year average for the period 196 I -1990 as compared
<br />to the actual April through July 2001 runotTwhich was 4,301 mafand 56 percent of the 30-year average
<br />for the period 1961-1990. The preliminary February I, 2002, projected unregulated inflow into Lake
<br />Powell for the 2001-02 water year was 7.438, or 62 percent ofthe 30-year average,
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<br />The Lower Division States' consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar year 200 I, as
<br />calculated by Board staff, totaled 8.] 58 maf and is projected as follows: Arizona, 2.854 maf; California,
<br />5,250 maf; and Nevada, 0,304 maf. Estimated additional unmeasured return flow credits of 0,230 maf
<br />would reduce the total amount to 7,928 maf, For calendar year 2001, the Central Arizona Project (CAP)
<br />diverted 1.519 maf, of which 0,321 mafis to be credited to the Arizona Water Bank, and The Metropolitan
<br />Water District of Southern California (MWD) diverted 1.248 maf.
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<br />The preliminary actual 2001 end-of-yearCaliforniaagricultural consumptive use of Colorado River
<br />water under the first three priorities and the sixth priority of the 193 I California Seven Party Agreement
<br />is 3,943 maf. Figure I, found at the end of this report, depicts the historic projected end-of-year
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