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<br />COLORADO RIVER RESERVOIRS <br />PROPOSED INTERIM OPERATING CRITERIA <br /> <br />NOTE: Bold .type denotes changes from one step to the next within an interim criteria proposal. <br /> <br />Drought Frequency <br />Lake Mead Elev at end 5-year <br />Drought <br />California CU limit <br />Colorado River Aqueduct <br />Nevada CU Limit <br />SNWA Needs <br />Arizona CU limit <br />Surplus Uses <br /> <br />Sumlus based on Flood Control Crih!ria <br />Follow Flood Control Criteria <br />Water Supply <br /> <br />Water Consumption <br /> <br />Lake Mead Storage Elev. <br />Lake Mead Storage Contents <br />Drought Frequency <br />Lake Mead Elev at end 5-year <br />Drought <br />California CU Limit <br />Colorado River Aqueduct <br />Nevada CU limit <br />SNWA Needs <br />Arizona CU limit <br />Surplus Deliveries to Mexico <br />Surplus Uses <br /> <br />Shnrtane Criteria <br />Lake Mead Elevation <br />Risk of going Below <br />Arizona CU limit <br />CAP CU limit <br /> <br />Current Criteria <br /> <br />one factor in deciding on surplus <br />Yes <br /> <br />4.4 mat + excess demand <br />ful1{1.212maf) <br />.3 maf + excess demand <br />fullysatisified <br />2.8 mat + excess demand <br />Ye, <br />Unrestricted <br /> <br />6-State Interim Criteria <br />notspecifl8d <br />notspecifl8d <br /> <br />4.4 mat + excess demand <br />full(1.212maf) <br />.3 mat + excess demand <br />fullysatisified <br />2-8mat <br />Unrestricted, but Prioritized <br /> <br />Yes <br />not specified <br /> <br />greater than 7.5 mat <br />demands less conservation opportunitas <br />not specified <br />not specified <br />not specified <br />not specified <br /> <br />4_4 mat + excess demand <br />fulJ(1.212maf) <br />.3 mat + excess demand <br />fullysatisified <br />2.8 mat + excess demand <br />Yes <br />Unrestricted <br /> <br />1050 or 7.471 maf (SNWA Intake) <br />20% (Strategy 80P1050) <br />2.3maf <br />1.0 mat <br /> <br />PAGE 2 <br /> <br />California Interim Criteria <br />notspecffied <br />not specifIed <br /> <br />4.4 mat + excess demand <br />full (1.212maf) <br />.3 mat + excess demand <br />fullysatisified <br />2.8 mat <br />Unrestricted & Split 50-46-4 among Calif., Az., & Nev. <br /> <br />NONE <br /> <br />03/1312000 <br /> <br />Environmental Criteria <br /> <br />Release at least 260,000 AF to delta <br />Release as late in Spring as possible <br />without violting Corps Flood Control criteria <br /> <br />Ye, <br />70th percentile of exceedance <br />17.3 mat <br /> <br />4.4 mat + excess demand <br />full (1.212maf) <br />.3 mat + excess demand <br />fullysatisified <br />2.8 mat + excess demand <br />Yes <br />Unrestricted <br /> <br />None - Based on demands <br /> <br />CRINTERIMOPCRIT <br />