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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Hvdrolol!v Workshop <br /> <br />During the May 2002 Board meeting, there was lengthy discussion of the seriousness of the <br />drought conditions along the Colorado River, and within the Basin; the importance of the timely <br />implementation of California's Colorado River Water Use Plan, including execution of the <br />Quantification Settlement Agreement; and the need to better inform the Administration of the <br />Board's concerns in both of these areas. Included under Tab 5 in your Board folder is a draft outline <br />for the proposed Colorado River Basin Hydrology Workshop, Currently, the thought is to hold the <br />workshop at The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's main headquarters building <br />in downtown Los Angeles. The goal of the workshop is to provide an overview of the following <br />topics: (I) review the importance of the Colorado River to the State of California; (2) how the river <br />system is operated and administered; (3) basinwide hydrology and meteorological/climatic outlooks; <br />(4) basin storage and runoff forecasts; (5) interim surplus guidelines and benefits to California; (6) <br />status of the Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA); and (7) potential impacts to California <br />and Nevada without a signed QSA and the interim surplus guidelines, <br /> <br />If moving forward with such a workshop is acceptable to the Board, the date, time, and <br />location for the workshop will be finalized and notice of the workshop will be sent to Board <br />members, the media, and other interested parties, <br /> <br />AGENCY MANAGERS MEETING <br /> <br />The Agency Managers have not met since the last Board meeting. A meeting has been <br />scheduled for July 2, 2002, to be held in Ontario, California. The meeting is scheduled to start at <br />9:00 a.m" and conclude by 3:00 p,m, I am planning to hold the meeting at the Ontario Marriott <br />Hotel facility near the airport, The meeting will focus on issues associated with the Yuma Island, <br />Additionally, I would also like to discuss issues associated with the Yuma Area Water Resources <br />Management Group, I will be preparing an agenda and meeting materials for distribution prior to <br />the meeting, <br /> <br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS <br /> <br />Colorado River Water Report <br /> <br />During April 2002, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by 258,000 <br />acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs decreased by 612,000 acre-feet. Total System <br />active storage as of the end of April was 42.350 million acre-feet (maf) or 7l percent of capacity, <br />which is 5.557 mafless than one year ago. <br /> <br />May releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 19,040, 17,520 and 12,420 <br />cubic feel per second (cfs), respectively, Planned releases from those three dams for the month of <br /> <br />2 <br />