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<br />I <br />! <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />002506 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT <br />TO THE <br />COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />December 9. 2003 <br /> <br />ADMINISTRATION <br /> <br />Tentative Board Meeting Schedule for Calendar Year 2004 <br /> <br />Included in the Board folder is a copy of the Board's proposed schedule for calendar year <br />2004, Having received no comments on the proposed schedule, I would like to request the Board's <br />approval. <br /> <br />AGENCY MANAGERS MEETING <br /> <br />The Agency Managers have not met since the last Board meeting, <br /> <br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS <br /> <br />Colorado River Water Reoort <br /> <br />As of December 1,2003, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by 155,000 <br />acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs decreased by 127,000 acre-feet during <br />November. Total System active storage as of December I" was 33,261 million acre-feet (mat) or <br />55 percent of capacity, which is 3.891 mafless than one year ago. <br /> <br />November releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 10,710,9,550 and 5,650 <br />cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively, Planned releases from those three dams for the month of <br />December 2003 are 12,300, 8,900, and 6,000 cfs, respectively, The December releases represent <br />those needed to meet downstream water requirements including those caused by the reduced <br />operation of Senator Wash Reservoir for safety of dams reasons, <br /> <br />With the Quantification Settlement Agreement signed among four California water agencies <br />and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, a Partial Domestic Surplus governs the remaining year <br />of 2003 pursuant to the Interim Surplus Guidelines, With reinstatement of the surplus provisions <br />of the Interim Surplus Guidelines (ISG), the Lower Division States' consumptive use of Colorado <br />River water for calendar year 2003 is based on a full domestic surplus. It is estimated for 2003 that <br />the Central Arizona Project (CAP) will divert 1,609 maf, of which 0,273 mafis to be credited to the <br />Arizona Water Bank, The Metropolitan Water District of South ern California (MWD) will use about <br />0,623 mafor 50 percent of its actual use of mainstream water in 2002, Of this quantity, MWD will <br />receive 40,000 acre-feet of un-used agricultural water available primarily due to reduced agricultural <br />