September 15, 2017 Colorado River District’s Annual Water ...

September 15, 2017

Colorado River District’sAnnual Water Seminar

Bill HasencampMetropolitan Water District

Of Southern California

MWD Service

Area

26 Member Agencies38 Member Board of Directors

5,200 Sq. Miles - 6 Counties~19 Million People

Regional Water Wholesaler

~4 MAF Retail Demand

LAKESHASTA

LAKEOROVILLE

Bay-Delta

STATE WATER PROJECT

LOS ANGELESAQUEDUCTS

COLORADO RIVERAQUEDUCT

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT SERVICE AREA

LOCAL

April 2015 Snow Survey

April 2017 Snowpack

Most Snow Ever in Eastern Sierra

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Thou

sand

Acr

e-Fe

et

Imperial Valley Farmer, ca. 1900

Imperial Valley, 1906

Imperial Valley, 1906

Imperial Valley, 1906

Imperial Valley, 1906

The Newly formed Salton Sea, 1906

The Salton Sea, 1950s

The Salton Sea: An avian Sanctuary

Owens Lake Dust Storm

ApportionmentsDeliveries Prior to 2000

Mexico

Upper Basin StatesLower Basin States

1.71

2.8

.3

1.04

3.86

4.4

.84

1.5

.05

.39

.80

2.4

.2

5.1

.49

1.8

2.5

.02

8,000

9,000

10,000

11,000

12,000

13,000

14,000

15,000

16,000

17,000

18,000

19,000

20,000

21,000

22,000

23,000

x 10

00 a

cre-

feet

Lake Mead Storage2000 – 2017

Surplus

Shortage

1. Palo Verde 2. Yuma Project 3. (a) Imperial & Coachella

(b) Palo Verde4. Metropolitan 550 TAF

Total Basic Apportionment 4.4 MAF

5. Metropolitan 662 TAF6. Imperial, Coachella, Palo Verde 300 TAF

3.85 MAF

mafPVIDYuma ProjectIID 3.10CVWD 0.33MWD * 0.55

Total 4.40

*Amount fluctuates based on PVID/Yuma Project use, unused IID and CVWD water

0.42 (Average)

Local Resource Number of Projects

Yield (Acre-Feet)

Recycled Water 140 487,000

Groundwater Recovery 33 161,000

Seawater Desalination 1 52,000

Chino Basin Desalters

Groundwater Replenishment System

Carlsbad Desalination Project

Turf Removal Rebates – July 2014 – May 2017

$185.4M

89.9M sqft

$126.7M

74.5M sqft

$312.1M164.3M sqft

Agricultural Conservation Measures with IID

Line the All-American, Coachella Canals

Incentivize PVID Farmers to Not Grow Crops

121,067 AF

57,065 AF

57,685 AF

129,394 AF

112,719 AF

120,315 AF

106,504 AF

31,179 AF

32,750 AF

62,317 AF

137,577 AF

5,781 AF

50,601 AF

125,878 AF

114,374 AF

0 AF

20,000 AF

40,000 AF

60,000 AF

80,000 AF

100,000 AF

120,000 AF

140,000 AF

160,000 AF

180,000 AF

Water Saved (AF), Contract Year (August 1 – July 31)

Base Emergency Aug. 1, 2016 - Jul. 31, 2017 Aug. 1, 2017 - Jul. 31, 2018

40 4194

146

256

435

580

474

151

80 85

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Thou

sand

Acr

e-Fe

et

End of Calendar Year

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

Mill

ion

Acre

-Fee

t (M

AF)

ICS Delivery

SNWA Exchange

IID Exchange/Unused

LCWSP

PVID Fallowing Program

Canal Lining to MWD

Canal Lining to SDCWA

IID-SDCWA Transfer

IID-MWD Conservation

Adjusted BasicApportionment

1.18 MAF Net Diversion

8,000

9,000

10,000

11,000

12,000

13,000

14,000

15,000

16,000

17,000

18,000

19,000

20,000

21,000

22,000

23,000

x 10

00 a

cre-

feet

Lake Mead Storage2000 – 2017

Surplus

Shortage

Basin States Developing Drought Contingency Plans

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

1,075 1,050 1,025

Thou

sand

Acr

e-fe

et

Lake Mead Elevation (feet)

Nevada ShortageArizona Shortage

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

Thou

sand

Acr

e-fe

et

Lake Mead Elevation (feet)

California ContributionNevada ContributionArizona ContributionNevada ShortageArizona Shortage

Recover ICS during shortages

Interstate water banking during shortages

Binational exchanges during shortages

40 4194

146

256

435

580

474

151

80 85

485

685

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Thou

sand

Acr

e-Fe

et

End of Calendar Year

IID to deliver 800,000 AF of water to Sea during 15-year period

2008 Draft EIR: too expensive

2017 Draft State Board OrderSmaller SeaHabitat creation milestones

Is Draft Order enough to move forward on a Drought Contingency Plan?

SWP PumpsCVP Pumps

Stockton

Sacramento

Suisun Bay

Delta RisksSubsidence

Fishery Declines

Sea Level RiseSeismic

0

2

4

6

8

10

1980's 1991 NMFS BioOp

1992 CVPIA

1994 Accord

2000 Trinity River

2006 San

Joaquin River

2008-09 Smelt/ SalmonBioOp

Future

Avg.

SW

P-CV

P Ex

port

Cap

acity

(M

AF)

SWP/CVP Export Capacity Restrictions Due to Environmental Regulations

History of Regulatory Restrictions

?

46

SWP PumpsCVP Pumps

1 California WaterFix EIR/EIS No Action Alternative, existing conditions with 2025 climate change impacts2 2015 Delivery Capability Report Existing Conveyance High Outflow scenario3 2015 Delivery Capability Report Existing Conveyance Low Outflow scenario4 California WaterFix EIR/EIS Alternative 4A-H4, initial operating criteria lower range5 California WaterFix EIR/EIS Alternative 4A-H3, initial operating criteria upper range

4.71

3.52 to 3.93

4.74 to 5.35

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Existing Conditions Future withoutCA WaterFix

Future withCA WaterFix

SWP-

CVP

Capa

bilit

y (M

AF)

“The best way to predict your future

is to create it.”

- Abraham Lincoln

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