The FERC-approved Study 2.2, Water Balance/Operations Model, states: "YCWA intends to collaborate with Relicensing Participants on certain aspects of model development and to consult/advise Relicensing Participants of the more basic elements of the model. Much of the work to prepare a basic model platform has been completed, and YCWA intends to provide interested Relicensing Participants with detailed information about these efforts, model basics, and justification for model representation of physical and operational aspects of the Project. These early efforts are intended to complete the foundational platform for the model to accurately represent the current physical configuration of the Project, Yuba River hydrology, and existing operational conditions. Concurrent with this work, YCWA intends to collaborate with Relicensing Participants on the more variable, discretionary elements of project operations, model output and additional post-processing needs for refined analysis and information."
April 12 was previously scheduled by Relicensing Participants as one of our monthly meetings, and Study 3.6, Special-Status Turtles – Western Pond Turtle (WPT) was placed on the agenda; specifically, a discussion of potential river sampling sites. WPT will be the first item of discussion on April 12, after which YCWA will provide an overview of the Yuba Water Balance/Operations Model to-date, model basics, and representation of the physical and operational aspects of the Project. A discussion of some of the discretionary Project operations, required model output, and an introduction to the model itself will follow in the afternoon.