WSP06002

• File Number: 8210.140.20.A
• Description: Colorado River Basin Organizations/Entities - CRBSF - Colorado River Board of California
• Date: 4/28/2002
• Author: CRBC
• Title: Colorado River Water Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

VI. Scheduled Flows to Mexico - Arrivals and excess arrivals of Water for Calendar Year 2002
(Acre-feet)

(1 )

(2)

Scheduled Total
Flow Arrivals
Jan. 132,455 157,001
Feb. 156,902 168,872
March 195,427 217,597
m April 191,225
, May 102,810
June 119,778
July 125,942
August 96,411
Sept. 89,308
Oct. 71,388
Nov. 98,652
Dec. 119,702
1,500,000

(3) (4) (5) (6)
Excess
Arrivals
in accord Other Total Cumulative
with Excess Excess Excess
Minute 242 Arrivals Arrivals Arrivals
13,700 10,846 24,546 24,546
9,355 2,615 11 ,970 36,516 .
2,102 20,068 22,170 58,686

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Column (1). Flow schedule requested by Mexico. In surplus years as determined by the United States, Mexico
can schedule 1.7 rater than 1.5 million acre-feet.
(2). Total Colorado River waters reaching Mexico. It is the sum of: 1) Colorado River water measured
at the northerly international boundary, 2) drainage waters measured at the southerly interna-
tional boundary near San Luis, Arizona, and 3) Wellton-Mohawk drainage waters measured at the
southerly intemationa boundary. It is the sum of Columns (1) + (5).
(3), Arizona's Wellton-Mohawk District drainage water, This water is descharged to the Santa Clara
slough in Mexico via a concrete lined canal.
(4). Excess arrivals other than Wellton-Mohawk drainage. It is the sum of: 1) a delivery of about
5,000 a.f. per year to ensure that Mexico receives what is shceduled, 2) releases from Parlier
Dam which are not used due to unexpected rainfall in the Palo Verde, Coachella, Imperial, and
Yuma areas, 3) controlled flood releases on the Gila and Colorado River, and 4) local runoff.
(5). Sum of Columns (3) and (4)
(6). Cumulation of Column (5).

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