MP-400 

WTR-4.03 

Mr. Thad Bettner 

Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District 

P.O. Box 150 

Willows, California 95988-0150 

Subject: Update to 2014 Notice of Water Supply Conditions and Availability, Critical Year 

Water Supply, Central Valley Project (CVP), California, Water Year (WY) 2014 

Dear Mr. Thad Bettner, 

This letter is a follow up to our February 15, 2014letter, wherein the Bureau of Reclamation 

forecasted that it could only make available 40% of your Contract total due to drought and 

extreme hydrology in WY 2014. In that letter, we committed to provide status reports ofthe 

hydrology and updates on our operations. 

The Central Valley has experienced improved hydrology since the February 15 letter, but the 

drought and poor hydrologic conditions continue. Based upon Reclamation's analysis of the 

most recent runoff forecasts, Reclamation has determined that the full natural inflow into 

Lake Shasta for the current water year remains well below 3.2 million acre-feet (MAF). 

Generally, when the natural inflow is below 3.2 MAF, your Contract total is reduced by 

25% for WY 2014 water year. 

However, the continued drought and unique hydrology has made meeting that diversion 

difficult and has forced Reclamation and the Sacramento River Settlement (SRS) contractors 

to explore creative solutions. In this regard, Reclamation's latest modeling, based on more 

recent run-off forecasts, supports provision of a 75% Contract supply, but only if the SRS 

contractors defer diversions of Base Supply in April and May 2014, to later in the water year. 

If you immediately cease and defer a significant portion of diversions under your Contract in 

April and May 2014, for this water year and this year only, Reclamation will allow 

rescheduling of that amount of Base Supply not diverted in April and May, 2014 into the 

critical months defined in the contract. Reclamation will also, for this year and this year only, 

waive any charges for rescheduling Base Supply from April and May, 2014, into the critical 

months. Furthermore, for this year and this year only, Reclamation will waive the 

requirements of Article 8(a)(1) of your Contract, and you will only be charged for the quantity 

of Project Water that you actually divert this water year. 
In support of this rescheduling plan please submit a diversion schedule to Reclamation, that is 

consistent with your Contract and the terms of this letter. Please be aware that any 

rescheduling must be consistent with Reclamation's modeling and forecasts that support the 

rescheduled diversions. We will promptly review your schedule and advise you of any need 

to adjust it. Absent this rescheduling of your Base Supply, due to the continued drought and 

hydrologic conditions this water year, Reclamation cannot guarantee that conditions will 

allow for the diversion of 7 5% of your Contract total. 

Please continue to implement all required contingency plans and water conservation measures 

within your water service areas. We look forward to working with you over the next few 

weeks to tinalize modified scheduling for the 2014 WaterY ear, and ask that you work 

through Mr. Rich Robertson at 530-934-1383 or rrobertson@usbr.gov. 

Sincerely, 

David G. Murillo 

Regional Director