System Conservation definition

System Conservation means a voluntary reduction of Consumptive Use of Colorado River water that can be estimated or measured. System Conservation does not include: (i) measures implemented by an Upper Division Water User to meet Consumptive Use reduction obligations under any transfer, acquisition, or conservation agreement with another party, (ii) implemented for monetary payment or other valuable consideration from any third party not a signatory to this SCIA, or (iii) efforts that are voluntarily, administratively or judicially ordered to be undertaken by an Upper Division Water User for purposes other than System Conservation.
System Conservation means a voluntary reduction of Consumptive Use of Colorado River water that can be estimated or measured. System Conservation does not include: (i) measures implemented by an Upper
System Conservation means the creation of Colorado River System water through voluntary water conservation and reductions in use.

Examples of System Conservation in a sentence

  • Pursuant to these authorities and Article X.2 of the UCRC By-Laws, the UCRC executed an agreement Regarding the Funding of a Temporary Colorado River System Conservation Pilot Program in the Upper Colorado River Basin (“Funding Agreement”) with the United States Bureau of Reclamation on January 6, 2023.

  • The purpose of this SCIA is to implement a Project approved for inclusion in the Pilot Program for System Conservation in order to mitigate the impacts of the long-term drought.


More Definitions of System Conservation

System Conservation means conservation of Colorado river water that will remain in Lake Mead for the benefit of the Colorado river system.
System Conservation means a voluntary reduction of Consumptive Use of Colorado River water that can be estimated or measured. System Conservation does not include: (i) measures implemented by an Upper Division Water User to meet Consumptive Use reduction obligations under any transfer, acquisition, or conservation agreement with another party, (ii) implemented for monetary payment or other valuable consideration from any third party not a signatory to the Agreement, or (iii) efforts that are voluntarily, administratively or judicially ordered to be undertaken by an Upper Basin Water User for purposes other than System Conservation.
System Conservation means a voluntary and measurable or reliably estimated reduction of Consumptive Use of Colorado River water, including the elimination of system losses or reduction in demands through increased efficiency by an Upper Basin Water User through the Pilot Program for the sole purpose of benefitting the Colorado River System and learning whether such reductions can have a mitigating effect on declining storage levels in the Colorado River reservoirs. System Conservation does not include: (i) measures implemented by an Upper Basin Water User to meet Consumptive Use reduction obligations under any transfer, acquisition, or conservation agreement with another party; (ii) measures implemented for monetary payment or other valuable consideration from any third party not a signatory to this Contract other than monetary payment or other valuable consideration received from Reclamation or other federal sources supporting the Pilot Program and/or other drought contingency efforts; or (iii) efforts that are voluntarily, administratively, or judicially ordered to be undertaken by an Upper Basin Water User for purposes other than System Conservation.

Related to System Conservation

  • Conservation means any reduction in electric power

  • conservation area means any improved area within the boundaries of a redevelopment project area located within the territorial limits of the municipality in which 50% or more of the structures in the area have an age of 35 years or more. Such an area is not yet a blighted area but because of a combination of 3 or more of the following factors may be considered as a “conservation area”:

  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) means the national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing permits and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements, under Sections 307, 318, 402, and 405 of CWA. The term includes an approved program.

  • Conservation easement means that term as defined in section 2140 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.2140.