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<br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT
<br />TO THE
<br />COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
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<br />March 9, 1999
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<br />ADMINISTRATION
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<br />CRB Budget Hearing
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<br />On February 24th, I attended a hearing of Senate Budget Subcommittee No.2 to provide
<br />testimony supporting the Colorado River Board's budget in the amount of$I,071,000 for FY 99/00,
<br />The Board's budget was approved by unanimous consent of the committee, I have also been requested
<br />to appear before the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No, 3 on March 17th, I have been advised to
<br />expect questions on the status of the Board's development of its 4.4 Plan, especially with the Secretary
<br />of the Interior pulling out of the negotiations involving administration of the agricultural agencies
<br />entitlements.
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<br />Board Retreat
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<br />The Mission Inn, located in Riverside, California, has been selected as the site of the Board's
<br />retreat. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m, on Wednesday, March 31st, and conclude at
<br />noon on Thursday, April 1 st,
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<br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS
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<br />Colorado River Water ReDort
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<br />During January 1999, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by 442,000
<br />acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs increased by 95,000 acre-feet. Total System active
<br />storage as of the end of January was 53,974 million acre-feet (mat) or 91 percent of capacity, which is
<br />0,050 maf less than one year ago,
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<br />February releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 13,190, 12,200 and
<br />8,440 cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively, Planned releases from those three dams for the month
<br />of March are 19,600, 19,000 and 16,300 cfs, respectively, The February releases represent those needed
<br />to meet downstream water requirements,
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<br />The final March 4 forecast of April through July 1999 unregulated inflow into Lake Powell is
<br />6,500 maf, which is 84 percent of the 30-year average for the period 1961-1990, The final March
<br />forecast of the unregulated inflow into Lake Powell for the 1998-99 water year is 10.598 maf, or 9
<br />percent of the 30-year average,
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<br />The Lower Division states' estimated consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar
<br />year 1999, as estimated by Board staff, totals 8.236 mafand is projected as follows: Arizona, 2,846 maf;
<br />California, 5,128 maf; and, Nevada, 0,262 maf. Estimated additional unmeasured return flow credits
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