Upper Basin Demand Management Program definition
Examples of Upper Basin Demand Management Program in a sentence
The purpose of an Upper Basin Demand Management Program will be to temporarily reduce Consumptive Uses in the Upper Basin or augment supplies with Imported Water, if needed in times of drought, to help assure continued compliance with Article III of the Colorado River Compact without impairing the right to exercise existing Upper Basin water rights in the future.
The Secretary shall make such storage capacity available provided that the Commission requests use of the storage capacity for the purpose of storing water conserved as part of an Upper Basin Demand Management Program.
The Parties have learned through investigating aspects of demand management that no Upper Basin Demand Management Program is likely to conserve enough water in any single year to help assure continued compliance with the Colorado River Compact during extended drought conditions.
The Parties, therefore, recognize that an Upper Basin Demand Management Program will require the ability to store conserved water over multiple years.
For purposes of this Companion Agreement, the Upper Basin DCP includes the Agreement for Drought Response Operations at the Initial Units of the Colorado River Storage Project Act and the Agreement Regarding Storage at Colorado River Storage Project Act Reservoirs Under an Upper Basin Demand Management Program (“Demand Management Storage Agreement”) which are attached and incorporated herein as Attachments A1 and A2.
The Upper Division States, through the Commission, shall have access to the Unfilled Storage Capacity authorized in Section II, supra, only upon development and approval of an Upper Basin Demand Management Program.
In addition to Commission approval, each Upper Division State, acting through its Commission representative, must approve the Upper Basin Demand Management Program.
The Upper Division States, through the Commission, shall have access to the Unfilled Storage Capacity authorized in Section II only upon development and approval of an Upper Basin Demand Management Program.
The Upper Division States, through the Commission, and the Secretary must enter into agreement(s) on the methodology, process and documentation for Verification and accounting for the creation, conveyance, and storage of conserved water to be stored in and released from a CRSPA Initial Unit as part of an Upper Basin Demand Management Program.
For purposes of this Demand Management Storage Agreement, the Upper Basin Drought Contingency Plan includes exploring the feasibility of developing and implementing an Upper Basin Demand Management Program.