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<br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS
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<br />Colorado River Water Report
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<br />As of March I, 2004, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by
<br />434,940 acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs increased by 103,300
<br />acre-feet during February, Total System active storage as of March 4th was 32.\67
<br />million acre-feet (mat) or 54 percent of capacity, which is 3.899 maf less than one year
<br />ago,
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<br />February releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 14,000, 12,080
<br />and 7,270 cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively, Planned releases from those three
<br />dams for the month of March 2004 are estimated to be ] 5,400, ] 4,600, and ] 0,900 cfs,
<br />respectively. The March releases represent those needed to meet downstream water
<br />requirements including those caused by the reduced operation of Senator Wash Reservoir
<br />for dam safety reasons.
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<br />As of March 151, taking into account both measured and unmeasured return flows,
<br />the Lower Division States' consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar year
<br />2004, as forecasted by Reclamation, totals 7.384 maf and is distributed as follows:
<br />Arizona, 2.738 maf; California, 4.338 maf; and Nevada, 0.308 maf The Central Arizona
<br />Project (CAP) will divert 1,519 maf, of which 0,308 maf is planned to be delivered to the
<br />Arizona Water Bank, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD)
<br />will use about 0,526 maf, which is 0,158 maf less than its actual use of mainstream water
<br />in 2003, In addition, MWD will wheel 866 acre-feet through its system to the city of
<br />Tijuana in July and August 2004,
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<br />The preliminary end-of-year estimate for 2004 California agricultural
<br />consumptive use of Colorado River water under the first three priorities and the sixth
<br />priority of the 1931 California Seven Party Agreement is 3.738 mar This estimate is
<br />based on the collective use. through January 2004, by the Palo Verde Irrigation District,
<br />the Yuma Project-Reservation Division (YPRD), the Imperial Irrigation District, and the
<br />Coachella Valley Water District. Figure 1, found at the end of this report, depicts the
<br />historic projected end-of-year agricultural use for the year,
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<br />Colorado River Operations
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<br />Senate Bill 1516 Salt Cedar Control Demonstra/ion Act
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<br />Senator Pete Domenici's (R-NM) Salt Cedar/Russian Olive Control
<br />Demonstration Act continues to move forward in the U.S, Senate, The bill has been
<br />modified somewhat, since the last time we discussed it several months ago. First, it is
<br />worth reviewing the key elements contained in the proposed legislation, A copy of the
<br />latest iteration of the proposed legislation has been included in your Board folder.
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