WSP08096

• File Number: 8281.300
• Description: Colorado River Studies and Investigations - Colorado River Consumptive Uses and Losses Report
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 3/1/1991
• Title: Decree Accounting -- methodology used for monthly and yearly water-use accounting of Colorado River water -- Part 1 of 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Rober~ B. Griffi~h Wa~e~ Pro1ect - The Rober~ B. Griffith Wa~er Projec~.
formerly known as ~he Sou~hern Nevada Wa~er Projec~. supplies mon~hly
s~atementsof their dive~sions from Lake ~ead. This projec~ serves Boulder
Ci~y. Henderson. Las Vegas Valley Water Dis~ric~. Nor~h Las Vegas. and Nellis
Air Force Sase. These s~a~emen~s should be a~ ~he Regional Office by the
~en~h of each mon~h. and are filed in the Decree Accoun~ing binder. Amoun~s
for each of the users and a mon~h1y to~al are lis~ed. Yearly accoun~ing uses
~he sum or ~he mon~hly values. No USGS da~a for the Rober~ B. Grifri~h are
available.

Me~ro"'oli~an Wa~e~ Dis1:rict - Mon~hly repor~s of l'lWD diversion are kep~ in ~he
Decree Accounting binder. Un~ess a diversion for ~e~ican Treaty water was
made. the Total Ne~ Diversion lis~ed on the report is ~he value ~o be used.
Wa~er carried ~hrough the l'lWD sys~em for Mexico is no~ charged to l'lWD. Daily
values for MWD diversions are available from the Da~a Lis~ing of the BHOPS
program from Wa~er Scheduling a~ the Lower Colorado Dams Project Office.
Yearly values are curren~ly given only in the USGS Wa~er-Da~a Report for USGS
Station 09424150. Colorado River Aqueduct Near Parker Dam.

Cdn~~al Ari:ona P~o1e~ - Diyersions for ~~e CriP are available on a daily
basis from the Data Listing of the SHOPS program from Wa~er Scheduling at ~he
Lower Colorado Dams Projec1: Office. rnese values should be used for mon~hly
and yearly aceoun~ing. Reclama~ion furnishes CAP diversion amounts ~o the
USGS for the'i:o annual ::"'!!cord compila"tion :""'1 the USGS t";a1:er-Dai:a Repor-:.
Some check ~i~h USGS should be made to ensur~ that the same annual values will
be ?ublished,by bo~~ agenCies for CAP. ~e Cen~~~l Arizona ?~~jec~ =urnishes
~on~nly deli~~~~ ~~por~s which ar~ kep~ ~~ :he Dec:ee' Acc~un~~g =inder.
These repo~s do no~ show cana~ losses and are only an appr~x~~ation to the
ac~ual diversions.

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