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<br />1::'.~;';": ,:~,\':Jo,,>,J.:d..!','<~"'. ~ ',. -~' .~' ,",,,._,,-,,,,, -"".-',;-,,,,;_':.'.,,,;<-,..~ ~,.-'..,,,:;.. '.. ~.. , <br /> <br />r- <br />) <br />-.n 15 <br /> <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />,-..... <br />....,.-' <br />(Ii,;;; <br /> <br />Abiauiu Dam Emergencv Gate Reoairs <br /> <br />Corps representatives reported that repair work to correct defective installation ofthe <br />emergency gates at Abiquiu dam started November I, 2000 and was completed February 17, <br />2001. Testing of the gates is scheduled for March 2001. <br /> <br />Rio Grande Proiect Storage Proiections <br />Reclamation presented projections of reservoir operations for Elephant Butte and <br />Caballo Reservoirs based on February I, 2001 snowmelt runoff forecasts for March-July <br />2001. The projections indicate that Elephant Butte Reservoir storage would be drawn down to <br />approximately 900,000 acre-feet by the fall of 2001, assuming average conditions for the <br />remainder of the winter. This level of Elephant Butte Reservoir storage would be the lowest <br />since 1983. Approximately 300,000 acre-feet of this storage is accrued credit of New Mexico <br />and Colorado. Reclamation stated that if2001 and 2002 streamflow conditions are normal that <br />the 2002 irrigation allotment from Project Storage would be less than a full allotment for the <br />first time in more than two decades. <br /> <br />"~_'~" ,,~,,:.,~,_,.i.. ..:,JJi~_ <br /> <br /> <br />~~~A..l'- ....~-t-:c.. "~,' <br />Ei~~~;t~~i.~i~,:~i::~~ : <br />:...:_ .,,:,)t~~",.~~F,;r,'1 <br /> <br />E1eohant Butte Pilot Channel <br />Maintaining an active river channel from San Marcial through the sediment delta to <br />Elephant Butte Reservoir is crucial to New Mexico's ability to make Compact deliveries, The <br />Engineer Advisers recommended and the Commission approved a resolution in 2000 <br />requesting Reclamation to continuously extend and maintain a pilot channel through this reach <br />as the reservoir recedes. Reclamation commenced this project in the fall of 2000 completed <br />about 4,000 linear feet of the channel just prior to the Engineer Advisers meeting. <br />Reclamation committed to the Engineer Advisers that its channel excavation through the <br />sediment delta would be sufficient to connect the river channel to the active reservoir pool for <br />200 I spring runoff. Reclamation stated its work would be sufficient because Elephant Butte <br />Reservoir extends farther upstream than was anticipated and the river channel retains its <br />definition farther downstream. The total anticipated channel project length to be completed <br /> <br />.."..1'......1 <br />.:;}1.~ ~ :.f ~~.~.~7;/:~y~'t... : ~ <br />