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<br />r <br /> <br />GuZSo7 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Water Aooortioned but Unused: Reclamation does not anticipate any available unused <br />apportionment for calendar year 2004 at this time. However, if any unused <br />apportionment is available, the Secretary shall allocate any available unused <br />apportionments for calendar year 2004 in accordance with Article 1I(B)(6) of the Decree <br />and Section 1(B) of the ISG, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1944 U.S,-Mexico Water Treatv Delivery: A volume of 1.5 maf of water will be allowed <br />to be scheduled for delivery to Mexico during calendar year 2004 in accordance with <br />Article 15 of the 1944 U,S,-Mexico Water Treaty and Minute No, 242 of the <br />International Boundary and Water Commission, <br /> <br />Revised Water Orders for 2004 <br /> <br />Water order requests for 2004 were initially based on a Normal determination under the ISG, <br />With reinstatement of the surplus provisions of the ISG and the execution of the Colorado River <br />Water Delivery Agreement by the Secretary of the Interior, Reclamation on November 14'", notified <br />water agencies in the Lower Basin, that a Partial Domestic Surplus now governs water releases from <br />Lake Mead in calendar year 2004. As a result, water agencies will be allowed to revise and resubmit <br />their 2004 annual water order and monthly diversion schedules. A copy of this letter has been <br />included in the Board folder. <br /> <br />CAP Revised Water Order <br /> <br />Last month the Board discussed several issues raised by Arizona concerning its interpretation <br />of the Interim Surplus Guidelines. Included in the Board folder is a copy of Arizona's letter to <br />Reclamation revising its Colorado River water order for 2004, Arizona believes that any surplus <br />must be both quantified and based on the water orders; the surplus water must be apportioned among <br />the states in accordance with the percentages contained in the 1964 decree in Arizona v. California; <br />and under State law, Arizona cannot forbear water for use by Nevada. Arizona can only forbear <br />water for use by MWD, A meeting is being scheduled by Reclamation to discuss these and other <br />issues with the Basin States' representives, <br /> <br />Consumptive Use Estimates for 2003 <br /> <br />On July 30'", Reclamation issued an initial notification letter to all Colorado River water <br />contractors in the Lower Basin, who were expected to overrun their approved annual water orders <br />for 2003, Reclamation's letter states that overruns of water use would not be allowed, and deliveries <br />to contractors would be discontinued at the time that the approved amount of water has been reached, <br />Included in the Board folder, as an informational item, is a copy of a letter to lID from Reclamation <br />informing it that Reclamation's forecast of water use by lID indicates that it will be overrunning its <br />approved annual diversion. Also included in the Board folder is a copy of a letter to the CVWD <br />approving its forbearance of 40,000 acre-feet for consumptive use by MWD. <br /> <br />3 <br />