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<br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT
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<br />COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
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<br />June 10. 2003
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<br />ADMINISTRATION
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<br />Fiscal Year 03/04 Budget ofthe Colorado River Board
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<br />Included in the Board folder is a copy of Standard Agreement No, 35, to be signed by the
<br />Colorado River Board Chairman and Executive Director, approving the funding arrangements for the
<br />Board's Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Budget. The Colorado RiverBoard'sbudget for Fiscal Year 2003-2004
<br />is $1,067,000 versus last year's budget of$l, I 33,000, The State's General Fund will provide $192,000, A
<br />the California Environmental License Plate Fund will provide $14,000, and the Six Agency Committee$
<br />will provide the remaining $861,000,
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<br />AGENCY MANAGERS MEETING
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<br />The Agency Managers have not met since the last Board meeting,
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<br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS
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<br />Colorado River Water ReDort
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<br />As of June 1,2003, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by 849,000 acre-feet
<br />and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs increased by 463,000 acre-feet during May, Total System ~
<br />active storage as of June 51h was 35.493 minion acre-feet (maf) or 60 percent of capacity, which is \1
<br />5,865 mafless than one year ago,
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<br />May releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 16,540, 15,530 and 11,550 cubic
<br />feet per second (cfs), respectively, Planned releases from those three dams for the month of June 2003
<br />are 16,500, 15,900, and 13,000 cfs, respectively, The June releases represent those needed to meet
<br />downstream water requirements including those caused by reduced operation of Senator Wash reservoir.
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<br />The final June 5, 2003, projected April through July 2003 unregulated inflow into Lake Powell
<br />was 4.000 maf, which is 50 percent ofthe 30-year average for the period 1961-1990. The finaIJune 5,
<br />2003. projected unregulated inflow into Lake Powell for the 2003-04 water year was 6.678 maf, or
<br />56 percent of the 30-year average,
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<br />The Lower Division States' consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar year 2003,
<br />as calculated by Board staff, totals 7.837 maf and is distributed as follows: Arizona, 2.971 maf;
<br />California, 4.555 maf; and Nevada, 0.311 maf. Unmeasured return flow credits of 0,264 maf would
<br />reduce the total amount of projected consumptive use to 7.573 mar. For calendar year 2003, it is
<br />estimated the Central Arizona Project (CAP) will divert 1,594 maf, of which 0.273 mafis to be credited
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