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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. i \1 <br />" 1 <br /> <br />demand from higher priorities within California. <br /> <br />As of December I", and taking into account both measured and unmeasured return flows, <br />the Lower Division States' consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar year 2003, as <br />forecasted by the Board's staff, totals 7.717 mafbefore deduction of 0.264 maf for unmeasured <br />return flow credits and is distributed as follows: Arizona, 2,986 maf; California, 4.438 maf; and <br />Nevada, 0.311 maf. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />The preliminary end-of-year estimate for 2003 California agricultural consumptive use of <br />Colorado River water under the first three priorities and the sixth priority of the 1931 California <br />Seven Party Agreement is 3.756 maf. This estimate is based on the collective use through October <br />2003 by the Palo Verde Irrigation District, the Yuma Project-Reservation Division (YPRD), the <br />Imperial Irrigation District, and the Coachella Valley Water District. Figure I, found at the end of <br />this report, depicts the historic projected end-of-year agricultural use for the year. <br /> <br />Colorado River Ooerations <br /> <br />2004 Annual Operating Plan <br /> <br />With the California agencies executing the Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA) and <br />reinstatement of the surplus provisions of the Interim Surplus Guidelines (ISG), Reclamation has <br />revised the 2004 Annual Operating Plan for the Colorado River System Reservoirs (2004 AOP). <br />Included in the Board folder is a copy of the drafl2004 A1mual Operating Plan, in redline/strikeout <br />format. Reclamation conducted a consultation meeting, via conference call, on December 4th to <br />obtain comments on the revised 2004 AOP, During the call, only minor changes were made to the <br />2004 AOP, It is still anticipated that the final 2004 AOP will be signed by Secretary Norton prior <br />to January I, 2004, <br /> <br />The proposed 2004 AOP acknowledges execution of a QSA and determines that, through <br />application of the ISG, calendar year 2004 will be governed by a Partial Domestic Surplus, rather <br />than a Normal condition. The proposed 2004 AOP contains the following determinations: <br /> <br />. UDDer Basin Deliverv: The minimum objective release criterion will control the annual <br />release from Glen Canyon Dam during water year 2004 in accordance with Article 11(2) <br />of the Operating Criteria unless spill avoidance and/or the storage equalization criteria <br />in Article II(3) is controlling, <br /> <br />. Lower Basin Deliverv: Under the most probable inflow scenario, downstream deliveries <br />are expected to control the releases from Hoover Dam, The Partial Domestic Surplus <br />condition is the criterion governing the operation of Lake Mead for calendar year 2004 <br />in accordance with Article I1I(3)(a) of the Operating Criteria and Article II(B)(l) of the <br />Decree, <br /> <br />2 <br />