WSP03822

• File Number: 8282.600.10
• Description: Colorado River Operating Annual Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1978
• Author: USDOI/BOR
• Title: Operation of the Colorado River Basin 1978 Projected Operations 1979
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

Introduction

The operation of the Colorado River Basin
during the past year and the projected
operations for the current year reflect
domestic use, irrigation, hydro-electric
power generation, water quality control,
fish and wildlife propagation, recreation,
flood control, and Colorado River Compact
requirements,

Storage and release of water from the
Upper Basin reservoirs recognize all appli-
cable laws and relevant factors governing
the Colorado River, including the impound-
ment and release of water in the Upper
Basin required by section 602(a) of Public
Law 90-537, The operation of the Lower
Basin reservoirs reflects Mexican Treaty
obligations and Lower Basin contractual
commitments,

Nothing in this report is intended to
interpret the provisions of the Colorado
River Compact (45 Stat. 1057). the Upper
Colorado River Basin Compact (63 Stat.
31), the Water Treaty of 1944 with the
United Mexican States (Treaty Series 994,
59 Stat. 1219). the decree entered by the
Supreme Court of the United States in
Arizona v, California, et al. (376 U,S, 340),
the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat.
1057), the Boulder Canyon Project Adjust-
ment Act (54 Stat. 774; 43 U,S,C. 618a).the
Colorado River Storage Project Act (70
Stat. 105; 43 U,S,C. 620). or the Colorado
River Basin Project Act (82 Stat. 885; 43
U.S,C, 1501),

Authority for Report

Pursuant to the Colorado River Basin
Project Act (Public Law 90-537) of 1968. I
am pleased to present to the Congress, and
to the Governors of the Colorado River
Basin States, the eighth annual report on
the Operation of the Colorado River Basin,

II

This report describes the actual operation
of the reservoirs in the Colorado River
drainage area constructed under the
authority of the Colorado River Storage
Project Act, the Boulder Canyon Project
Act, and the Boulder Canyon Project
Adjustment Act during water year 1978 and
the projected operation of these reservoirs
during water year 1979 under the "Criteria
for Coordinated Long-Range Operation of
Colorado River Reservoirs," published in
the Federal Register June 10. 1970,

Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary
U,S, Department of the Interior

Water skiing at Blue Mesa Reservoir, Curecanll Unit,
Colorado River Storage Project, Colorado.