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CVP OCAP Front Matter Managing Water in the West Long-Term Central Valley Project Operations Criteria and Plan CVP-OCAP U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region Sacramento, California June 30, 2004 U. S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Mission Statement The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. As public values related to water use and management have changed since the inception of the Central Valley Project, so have the needs which its operations must address. While continuing to carry out the legislated purposes for which the Central Valley Project was originally authorized and developed, the Bureau of Reclamation is committed to finding ways to respond to issues created by changing priorities for water. Long-Term CVP OCAP Front Matter Table of Contents Chapter/Paragraph Page Chapter 1 Introduction............................................................................1-1 Overview of the Central Valley Project......................................................................... 1-1 Overview of the State Water Project ............................................................................ 1-1 Topography and Climate .......................................................................................................................1-2 Legal and Statutory Authorities .............................................................................................................1-2 Components of CVP and SWP .................................................................................... 1-6 Divisions of CVP .......................................................................................................... 1-9 Division of SWP ......................................................................................................... 1-12 Chapter 2 Project-Wide Operations Constraints and Objectives................................................................................................2-1 Project-wide Constraints .............................................................................................. 2-1 Water Rights ..........................................................................................................................................2-1 Water Service Contracts and Deliveries................................................................................................2-1 DWR Dry Year Purchase Program........................................................................................................2-2 Coordinated Operations Agreement (COA).................................................................. 2-3 Background............................................................................................................................................2-3 Implementing the COA ..........................................................................................................................2-4 Changes in Operations Coordination Environment since 1986.............................................................2-5 Periodic Review of the COA ..................................................................................................................2-8 SWRCB WQCP, SWRCB D-1641 and Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta CVP-SWP Operations Criteria ................................................................ 2-10 Fish and Wildlife - SWRCB D-1641 CVP-SWP Operations Controlling Elements..............................2-11 Joint Point Of Diversion (JPOD) ..........................................................................................................2-17 Water Transfers ...................................................................................................................................2-19 Project Management Objectives ................................................................................ 2-20 June 30, 2004 i Front Matter Long-Term CVP OCAP Chapter/Paragraph Page Hydropower 2-23 Background..........................................................................................................................................2-23 Power Marketing..................................................................................................................................2-26 Chapter 3 CVP Division Operations Constraints and Objectives................................................................................................3-1 Trinity River Division Operations .................................................................................. 3-1 Flood Control—Safety of Dams at Trinity Reservoir .............................................................................3-1 Fish and Wildlife Requirements on Trinity River ...................................................................................3-2 Transbasin Exports................................................................................................................................3-3 Hydropower Operations.........................................................................................................................3-4 Recreation .............................................................................................................................................3-5 Whiskeytown Reservoir Operations ......................................................................................................3-5 Spillway Flows below Whiskeytown Lake..............................................................................................3-5 Fish and Wildlife Requirements on Clear Creek ...................................................................................3-7 CVPIA 3406(b)(2) operations on Clear Creek.......................................................................................3-7 Spring Creek Debris Dam Operations ...................................................................................................3-8 Shasta Division and Sacramento River Division .......................................................... 3-9 Flood Control .......................................................................................................................................3-10 Fish and Wildlife Requirements in the Sacramento River...................................................................3-10 CVPIA 3406(b)(2) operations on the Upper Sacramento River ..........................................................3-12 Minimum Flow for Navigation – Wilkins Slough ..................................................................................3-12 Water Temperature Operations in the Upper Sacramento River ........................................................3-12 SWRCB Water Rights Order 90-05 and Water Rights Order 91-01 ...................................................3-13 Shasta Temperature Control Device ...................................................................................................3-13 Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District Diversion Dam .....................................................................3-15 Red Bluff Diversion Dam Operations...................................................................................................3-16 Hydropower Operations.......................................................................................................................3-17 Recreation ...........................................................................................................................................3-18 American River Division ............................................................................................. 3-18 American River Operations .................................................................................................................3-19 Flood Control .......................................................................................................................................3-19 ii June 30, 2004 Long-Term CVP OCAP Front Matter Chapter/Paragraph Page Fish and Wildlife Requirements in the Lower American River ............................................................3-20 CVPIA 3406(b)(2) operations on the Lower American River...............................................................3-24 Flow Fluctuation and Stability Concerns .............................................................................................3-25 Hydropower Operations.......................................................................................................................3-25 Recreation ...........................................................................................................................................3-25 Delta Division ............................................................................................................. 3-26 CVP Facilities ......................................................................................................................................3-26 CVP-SWP Delta Export Facilities Operations Coordination................................................................3-31 CVPIA 3406(b)(2) operations in the Delta...........................................................................................3-31 Environmental Water Account operations in the Delta........................................................................3-31 West San Joaquin Division........................................................................................
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