DWR_2810684

• Title: IRRIGATIONIST SYMPOSIUM: RESERVOIR ADMINISTRATION GUIDELINES
• Author/Source: CLAUDIA ENGELMANN, PE
• Author/Source: DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
• Keywords: ADMINISTRATION, RESERVOIR, RIGHTS, STORAGE, CAPACITY, ENFORCEMENT, FILL, EVAPORATION, SEEPAGE
• Document Type - Reference Library: Presentations
• Document Date: 3/15/2012
• Year: 2012
• Team/Office: Division 1 Office

•A conditional water right is typically obtained prior to
investment into construction of a new reservoir.
•Once constructed, the actual physical capacity may differ
from the decreed capacity.
•If the physical capacity is less than the decreed capacity,
then the allowed amount of fill will be based upon the
physical capacity rather than the decreed capacity.
•When physical capacity is greater than decreed capacity, a
fill is based upon the decreed capacity.