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During 1993, the costs of all these actions (not including costs associated with 

 drawing the Lower Snake projects to minimum operating pool and John Day to 

 minimum irrigation pools) can be broken down as follows: 



1 Water Budget $40 million 



2. Phase II volumes ~ Columbia River 33 million 



3. Snake River 16 million 



4. Additional ESA flow Requirements 10-15 million 



5. MOP Operation (Phase II) 25 million 



6. Phase II Spill 20 million 



Total $144- 149 million 



In addition to these actions, a number of actions are currently underway in 

 the region to increase flows for threatened and endangered fish runs. The 

 Phase II Fish and Wildlife amendments recommended that BPA, the 

 Bureau of Reclamation, and Northwest States identify an additional one 

 million acre feet in the upper Snake, and the means to deliver biologically 

 significant flow quantities. Arrangements for meeting these flow targets 

 include purchasing water from water banks in Idaho, releasing 

 uncontracted storage in Bureau of Reclamation storage projects, and 

 changing the timing of water releases in order to provide target flows at the 

 times needed for migrating fish. Power exchanges, purchases, and other 

 arrangements at Canadian hydro projects and with the Idaho Power 

 Company also have provided increased flow in the Snake and Columbia 

 Rivers. 



Our experience during the 1991 water year demonstrates that significant water can 

 be acquired (237 thousand acre feet (kaf) was provided from water rental and 

 uncontracted storage and was shaped into two separate sununer releases) and 

 shaped for beneficial use during the summer migration period, but only if these 



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