WSP07536

• File Number: 8210.140.20.A
• Description: Colorado River Basin Organizations/Entities - CRBSF - Colorado River Board of California
• Date: 3/28/1997
• Author: CRBC
• Title: Colorado River Water Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

VI. Scheduled Flows to Mexico Arrivals ani excess arrivals of Water for C'>olerv'l"r Year 1997
(llcre-feet)

Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
August
I Sept.
'r Oct.
Nov.
Dec.

Colurm (1).
(2) .

(3) .
(4) .

(5) .
(6).

(1) (2)

(3) Ji:\P~\V (4) (5) (6)
............e If'
Arrivals p.li
in accord other 'lbta1 01lT111"tive
with ~c:! ~c:! E>r-.r!'
Minute 242 Arrivals Arrivals Arrivals
6,829 109,693 116,522 116,522 .
8,274 255,296 263,570 380,092

Scheduled
Flow

'lbta1
Arrivals

231,612
390,700

115,090
127,130
203,880
187,566
158,214
151,482
157,775
92,285
89,308
68,100
77 , 828
71. 342
1,500,000,
Flow sd1edule requsted by Mexico. In SIllplus years as cletemined by the United states, Mexico
can schedule 1. 7 rather than 1. 5 million acre-feet.
'lbta1 Colorado River waters reac::hing Mexico. It is the sum of: 1) Colorado River water measured
at the northerly international bc:AIndal:y, 2) drainage waters ro-<:Ured at the southerly interna-
tional bc:AIndal:y near San lllis, Arizona, ani 3) Wellton-M::tlawk drainage waters 1,......,.Jred at the
southerly international bc:AIndal:y. It is the sum of ColUlmS (1) + (5).
Arizona's Wellton-MOOawk District drainage water. 'Ihis water is desdlarged to the santa Clara
slough in Mexico via a cch....Lete lined canal.
Excess arrivals other than Wellton-MOOawk drainage. It is the sum of: 1) a delivery of about
5,000 a.f. per year to ensure that Mexico reoei.ves W'bat is sc:beduled, 2) releases !ran ParKer
IBm which are not used due to unexpected rainfall in the Palo Verde, O:lachella, Inperial, ani
Yuma areas, 3) controlled flood releases an the Gila ani Colorado River, ani 4) local xunoff.
SUm of Columns (3) ani (4).
OmI.1l.atian of Colurm (5).

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