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Drought Adaptation in the
Colorado River Basin Rosalind Bark, PhD
Kiyomi Morino, PhD
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• The watershed– 629,000 km2 ~ 1/12 of the continental US, much of it located in the semi-arid
Southwest – 30 million people– 800,000 ha irrigated land
• The river– 2,334 km– descends 3,658 m from its source to its discharge point at the Gulf of California– 15% of the catchment provides 85% of streamflow– average annual gauged (1906-2006) flow = 15 million acre feet (18,502 GL)– average annual paleo (A.D. 762-2005) flow = 14.5 maf (17,885 GL)
• Storage– 60 maf (74,000 GL)
1,000 af = 1.233 GL
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Source: Reclamation
30.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
Volume (thousand GL)
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366
350
335
320
305
290
274
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Colorado
River
Simulation
System 2009 ‐
2026
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MEKO et al 2007 GRL
30.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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Lake
Mea
d El
evat
ion
(ft) 396
366
335
328
305
274
243
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Prob
(Tier
1 sh
ortag
e = -
333k
af, 41
1 GL)
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MEKO et al 2007 GRL
30.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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0.25
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.05
PROB
ABILI
TYINSTRUMENTAL
RECORD
1922 + 1944ENTITLEMENTS
15.4 16.0 16.7 17.3 17.9 18.5 19.1 19.7 20.4 21.0 21.6 (kGL)
2000-2009 AVERAGE
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13 MAF*13.5 MAF*14 MAF*14.5 MAF*15 MAF*15.5 MAF*16 MAF** +/- 0.25 MAF
16.0
16.7
17.3
17.9
18.5
19.1
19.7
Prob
(Tier
1 sh
ortag
e = -
333 k
af, 41
1 GL)
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Pro
b(T
ier 3
sho
rtage
13 MAF*13.5 MAF*14 MAF*14.5 MAF*15 MAF*15.5 MAF*16 MAF** +/-
0.25 MAF
16.0
16.7
17.3
17.9
18.5
19.1
19.7
Prob
(Tier 3 shortage = ‐50
0 kaf, 61
7 GL)
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• conservation mechanism for LB states• water stored in Lake Mead• available when 1075ft (328 m)< LM Elev <1145ft (349 m).• “Put”, “Take” & Maximum “Bankable”
Intentionally Created Surplus
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What is ICS?1. System Efficiency
– Contributions of capital to Secretary in return for water2. Extraordinary Conservation
– Fallowing– Canal lining– Desalination
3. Tributary Conservation– NV only
4. Imported
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How? How much?
• Underpinned by Forbearance Agreements and Delivery Agreements
• 5% cut for system– Not for System Efficiency ICS
Entity Annual credit Cumulative bankCA 400 kaf (493 GL) 1.5 maf (1,850 GL)AZ 100 kaf (123 GL) 300 kaf (370 GL)NV 125 kaf (154 GL) 300 kaf (370 GL)Lower Basin 625 kaf (771 GL) 2.1 maf (2,590 GL)
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• Drop 2*– Overages to MX average 70 kafy (86 GL/y)
• 8 kaf (9.9 GL) capacity reservoir• $172 mn ((Reclamation $9.2 mn, SNWA $114.8 mn, MWD and
CAWCD $28.6 mn)– SNWA 400 kaf (490 GL), max 40 kafy (49 GL/y) until 2036, MWD and
CAWCD 100 kaf (123 GL), max 65 kafy (80 GL/y) from 2016-2036
– $287/af ($233,696/GL)– After 2036 all water stays in Lake Mead
*http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/programs/drop2/faqs.html
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Source: Cohen et al (2001:28)
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21061663
http://www.usbr.gov/lc/yuma/facilities/ydp/yao_ydp.html
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PROPOSED
Bypass flow108,000 afy
LBS7.5 mafy
Bypass flow108,000 afy
LBS7.5 mafy
Mexico1.5 mafy
Forbearance108,000 afy
CURRENT
Ciénega
9.108 mafy 9 mafy
Lake Mead
• Drops Lake Mead’s elevation by around 0.3 m per year* – since the completion of the bypass drain in 1977 ~ 10 m lower which is slightly more than
difference between involuntary shortage trigger elevation thresholds*Chuck Cullom, CAP at http://www.cap-az.com/phototour/index.cfm?videoID=95** 9.108 maf=11,235 GL, 9 maf=11,101 GL, 7.5 maf=9,251 GL,1.5 maf=1,850 GL, 108 kaf=133 GL
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• Yuma Desalting Plant Pilot Run 2010-2011**– $22.86 mn (Reclamation $9.2 mn, MWD $10.94 mn, SNWA and
CAWCD $1.4 mn)– 29,154 af (36 GL)
• Reclamation 11,650 af (14.4 GL), MWD 13,880 af (17.1 GL), SNWA and CAWCD 1,735 af (2.1 GL)
• $807/af ($635,000/GL)
*http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/programs/drop2/faqs.html**http://www.usbr.gov/lc/yuma/environmental_docs/ydp/fundingagr.pdf
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Max Annual PUT (kaf)
Max Annual TAKE (kaf)
Max Bank ICS (kaf)
200 (247 GL) 200 (247 GL) 2,100 (2,590 GL)
625 (771 GL) 200 (247 GL) 2,100 (2,590 GL)
625 (771 GL) 200 (247 GL) 3,150 (3,885 GL)
3 Scenarios
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MEKO et al 2007 GRL
TAKEPUT
30.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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Maf (18.5 kGL)
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
No ICSP200T200m2100P625T200m2100P625T200m3150
[0.17]
Prob
(Tier 1 shortage = ‐33
3 kaf, 41
1 GL)
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Maf (17.3 kGL)
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
No ICSP200T200m2100P625T200m2100P625T200m3150
[0.16]Prob
(Tier 1 shortage = ‐33
3 kaf, 41
1 GL)
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1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
No ICSP200T200m2100P625T200m2100P625T200m3150
Maf(17.3 kGL)
[0.06]
Prob
(Tier 1 shortage = ‐33
3 kaf, 41
1 GL)
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30.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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1866 -
188330.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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1867 -
188430.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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1868 -
188530.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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1869 -
188630.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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Lake
Mea
d El
evat
ion
(ft)
350
335
320
305
290
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Lake
Mea
d El
evat
ion
(ft)
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
0 = Above 1075 ft1 = Below 1075 ft
350
335
320
305
290
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Lake
Mea
d El
evat
ion
(ft)
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
0 = Above 1075 ft1 = Below 1075 ft
350
335
320
305
290
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Lake
Mea
d El
evat
ion
(ft)
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
0 = Above 1075 ft1 = Below 1075 ft
350
335
320
305
290
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Lake
Mea
d El
evat
ion
(ft)
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 = Above 1075 ft1 = Below 1075 ft
350
335
320
305
290
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Seq
uenc
e
Year in Sequence(2009)
1(2026)
182… …16
…
1: 1-182: 2-19
17: 17-3418: 18-35
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30.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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30.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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30.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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30.8
24.7
18.5
12.3
6.2
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Tier 1 would reduce CAP ag acreage + banking in AZFear of Tier 3 shortage foster cooperation on ICS and other
new rules to avoid drying SNWA @ 1000’
1
0
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SRP Service Area
33,670 km2
Project Watershed
APA
CHE
NAVA
JO
COCONINOMOHAVE
MARICOPA
YAVAPAI
PINAL
PIMA
YUMA
LAPAZ
COCHISE
GRAHAM
GILA
GRE
ENLEE
SANTACRUZ
TUCSON
BISBEE
SAFFORDYUMA
PHOENIX
FLORENCE
GLOBE
CLIFTON
PRESCOTT
KINGMAN
FLAGSTAFF
HOLBROOK
ST. JOHNS
PAGE
PARKER
NOGALES
Phoenix water supplies
CAP Canal
Source: G. Garfin 16 April 2010 –
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting –
Washington, DC
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Synchronous droughts: CR/SVT?• Colorado River water through CAP and
Salt/Verde/Tonto water through Salt River Project
• SVT paleo streamflow reconstruction: 1521-1964 – Synchronous droughts and pluvials common – LL & HH
• Zero times HL, 2 times LH in reconstruction• 3 times HL, zero times LH in gauged record
– LL more frequent than HH• Multi-year droughts common
– 8 periods with a lower 11-year mean flow than 1950s or 2000s drought
• Drought of record late 1500s http://fp.arizona.edu/kkh/SRP/SRP.LTRR.Press.info.05.pdf
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• More research on climate change impacts and adaptation
• More experience with Interim Guidelines– ICS: MWD, SNWA and IID puts & takes in 2009/10– Tier 1 shortage? Reservoir rebalancing?
• AZ, NV and Upper Basin’s “hard landing”: increased urban water conservation/prices, reclaimed water, stormwater capture
• Creative water transfers (incl. desal) and water banking between states and with MX?– Long-term ag-urban/enviornment water transfers for dry year and climate
change supply reliability f) fallowing, crop mix, water conservation• CAP’s Acquisition, Development & Delivery (ADD) Water Project• Salton Sea, Ciénega de Santa Clara, LCRMSCP, Upper Basin
tributaries, the delta
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“Soft hard landing”• 2001 Interim Surplus Guidelines
– CA using AZ unused apportionment but new AZ Water Banking Authority– “Soft landing” i.e. CA’s “4.4 Plan” (5,427 GL) to wean itself off excess Colorado
River water by 2016• Missed deadline for negotiating the Quantification Settlement
Agreement by Dec 2002 “hard landing”– Department of Interior cut IID’s water order by 205 kaf (253 GL) and MWD’s by
536 kaf (661 GL)– IID vs. U.S. in Jan 2003
• Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, August 2003– Agreement between CA water users on how to reduce Colorado River use
• Reduce ag use• Transfer ag water to M&I
– Sticking point was paying for environmental mitigation of Salton Sea f) < ag tail water
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MWD’s “hard landing”• Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD)
Consortium of 26 cities and water districts. Provides water to 19 million people in southern CA.– MWD entitlement to 4th priority CO R. water is 450,000 af (555
GL) delivered by CRA (capacity 1.25 maf (1,542 GL))
• Hard landing– Increased conservation e.g. canal lining and water recycling– Water exchange programs – Delta infrastructure options for CSP water– Long-term transfer of CR water from ag users in IID to M&I in
S.D.
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CA Water Transfer Agreements• MWD-PVID Land Management, Crop Rotation & Water Supply Program, Aug 2004: 35-year
– Up to 130,000 afa (160.4 GLa)– Capitalized participation rights ~$2.33 mn a year i.e. sign up payments, funding
community improvement program and program set up costs (excl. exercise costs) • Exercise costs of approx $600 per acre fallowed
• MWD-PVID Emergency Fallowing Program, 2009– 15% increase in fallowing in the valley to 44% of total acreage + 66,000 af (81 GL)– MWD pays $1,700/acre = $340/af ($688/ha and $/275,643GL)
• IID-SDCWA Water Conservation Agreement, Dec 1989, amended Oct 2003-Dec 2041– ~110,000 afa, (136 GLa) of which, 20,000 afa (25 GLa) to CVWD– Capitalized participation rights ~$2.27 mn a year
• ~$258/af ($209,164/GL)– Costs of various supplies for M&I customers are used to calculate a melded untreated
water rate– Includes Salton Sea mitigation
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Water Transfers for the Environment• Reclamation and Yuma Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District
transfers 2008-2010– 3,500 af in 2008 and 2009 (4.3 GL) and 3,750 af (4.6 GL/y) in 2010
• 500 acres (202 ha) rising to 530 acres (214 ha) in 2010– $120/af ($97,285/GL) falling to $90/af ($72,964/GL) in 2010– Minimum continuous acreage 3 acres in 2010
• Intentional Created Mexican Allocation (ICMA)– Water for the delta
• 80 kafa (98.7 GLa)– 50 kafa (61.7 GLa) base flow– 200 kaf (246.7 GL) flood pulse every 5 years
• ⅓ : ⅓ : ⅓ – US : MX : NGOs
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Crop* 2002‐2006 2005‐2009** % Change
Durum Wheat $41.12 $67.49 64.13
Alfalfa $106.22 $123.55 16.32
Upland Cotton* $(51.47) $(70.65) (37.26)
Head lettuce $1293.02 $1831.64 41.66
* Yuma area net crop returns**$/af consumptive use, updated spring 2010 from Teegerstrom, 2008 and from Jones, 2007)