Coyote Gulch

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Aspinall operations meeting

From email from Reclamation (Dan Crabtree): "The August Aspinall Operations Meeting will be held on Thursday, August 28th at the Elk Creek Visitors Center at Blue Mesa Reservoir starting at 1:00 p.m. We have a pretty full agenda which includes: discussing past and future operations, reviewing recent O&M activities at the dams, hearing a presentation from the NRCS Snotel/Forecast Center, and getting updates on the Black Canyon Water Right Application and Operations EIS. We'd also like to hear from each agency on the effects of this year's high water."
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6:05:58 PM

McPhee and Jackson Gulch Reservoirs update

Here's an update on McPhee Reservoir and Jackson Gulch Reservoir, from The Cortez Journal. From the article:

Jackson Gulch Reservoir live content stood at 8,337 acre-feet with a 9,948 acre-feet maximum capacity and a 7,306 acre-feet average (1971-2000) end-of-month content. At Jackson Gulch, a daily maximum/minimum of 45/45 cubic-feet-per-second was released into the Mancos River, but 55 acre-feet were released for municipal purposes.

McPhee Reservoir live content stood at 348,412 acre-feet, with a 381,051 acre-feet maximum capacity and a 335,208 acre-feet average (1986-2000) end-of-month content. At McPhee, 6,974 acre-feet were released into the Dolores River, and 45,783 acre-feet were released for transbasin purposes. At McPhee, a daily maximum/minimum of 120/103 cubic-feet-per-second was released into the Dolores River.
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5:57:51 PM

Water policy

Here's a report from World Water Week 2008 in Stockholm, from the Environmental News Network. From the article:

WWF Director-General James Leape today called on governments to support the entry into force of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention[~]an international agreement which could play a key role in water security for about 40% of the world's population.

Launching the booklet Everything you need to know about the UN Watercourses Convention at World Water Week in Stockholm, Mr Leape said, "This essential treaty has languished in limbo for more than a decade, largely due to the failure of nations in not signing up to what they long ago agreed to.

More than 100 states voted for the Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses in 1997, with only China, Turkey and Burundi voting against. Since then only 16 nations out of a required 35 to bring it into force have joined the treaty despite a succession of calls for its implementation from key international bodies, UN agencies, and even governments.
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5:49:51 PM

Energy policy: Nuclear

Here's an update on Powertech's Centennial uranium mining operation in Weld County, from Your Industry News. From the article:

A new 'Notice of Intent' (NOI) for ten additional drill holes was submitted to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS). Four holes will be drilled as core holes to demonstrate and confirm the physical parameters of the mineralized sands in the upper Fox Hills formation, the confining units, and overlying and underlying aquifers. Two of the drill holes are to be completed as monitor wells. The remaining four drill holes are to identify an area for the proposed plant site through the drilling of condemnation holes ensuring that the processing facility will not be built over potential ore. This new technical information will be incorporated, along with previously collected data, in the permit applications. Drilling is expected to begin upon approval of the NOI and placement of the surety.

More Coyote Gulch coverage here and here.
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6:03:55 AM

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