Ozone Treatment Facility Staff is currently preparing Substation 1C for the addition of SNWA's new Ozone Treatment Facility. All control and instrumentation cables from the field have been installed and terminated. Necessary relay and control board modifications are currently under way and are ahead of schedule. Once operational, this facility will be the first stage in the water treatment process at Lake Mead and will replace chlorine as a pre-disinfectant. Topics for the month included Emergency Response and a Review of Switching Procedures.
Consumptive use is determined by subtracting return flows from diversions.
Two remaining agreements are necessary in order to make the banking system operate. The first, an agreement between the states of Nevada and Arizona and the Secretary of the Interior that will provide the Secretary's recognition in the Colorado River accounting system for the banking transaction and provide the legal vehicle by which credits from Arizona's water bank can be utilized by SNWA by removal of Colorado River water from Lake Mead in future years, is under discussion in ongoing meetings between Arizona and Nevada staff and the Bureau of Reclamation. Representatives of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the seven Colorado River basin states, the Mexican Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and American and Mexican environmental groups have participated in several meetings and conference calls regarding the symposium. In Defenders of Wildlife, et. The Justice Department filed its cross-motion for summary judgment and response brief on May 3, 2001.