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<br />I <br /> <br />'eJ <br /> <br />n 1")....'.~ .I <br />\J l~ ~ .), ,.H <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT <br />. TO THE <br />COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />At'~ 1 6 2001 <br /> <br />Avril 10. 2001 <br /> <br />Colorad'o Vi,!CI Conservation Board <br /> <br />ADMINISTRATION <br /> <br />Board Meeting Schedule <br /> <br />Last June in approving the Board's meeting schedule, Board members elected to change the <br />August 15'h meeting date to coincide with the Urban Water Institute's Annual Conference <br />(August 23Cd) in San Diego, California. Recently, I was notified that the Institute had changed its <br />meeting date to August 30'h and 31 ", due to hotel accommodation problems. My question is, "Does <br />the Board want to move the meeting date back to August l51h in Ontario, the Board's regularly <br />scheduled date, or kecp it as currently scheduled. e.g. August 23, 2001?" <br /> <br />CRB Budget Hearing <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />On March 21", the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No.3 approved by unanimous consent <br />the Colorado River Board's budget in the amount of$1 ,133,000 for FY 2001/2002. Both the State <br />Assembly and Senate have approved the Board's budget for FY 2001/2002. <br /> <br />Colorado River Board Web Site <br /> <br />Within the past 30 days the Colorado River Board's web site was created and placed on the <br />world wide web. Over the next few months, staff will be expanding the information available on <br />the site. The site can be viewed atf::::::i.crb.ca.1!.00 <br /> <br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS <br /> <br />Colorado River Water Revort <br /> <br />During February 2001, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by 343,000 <br />acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs decreased by 77,000 acre-feel. Total System <br />active storage as of the end of February was 48.664 million acre-feet (mat) or 82 percent of capacity, <br />which is 4.950 maf less than one year ago. <br /> <br />March releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 15,850, 14,050 and 9,740 <br />cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively. Planned releases from those three dams for the month of <br />April 2001 are 19,000, 18,500 and 13,600 cfs, respectively. The April releases represent those <br />needed to meet downstream water req uiremcnts including those caused by reduced operation of <br />Senator Wash reservoir and dredging operations in the Araz Drain area of the River. <br /> <br />The Lower Division States' estimated consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar <br />year 200 I, as estimated by Board staff, totals 8.3 \ 8 maf and is projected as follows: Arizona, <br />