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.
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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
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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.
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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 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.
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System Conservation means conservation of Colorado river water that will remain in Lake Mead for the benefit of the Colorado river system.
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System Conservation means the creation of Colorado River System water through voluntary water conservation and reductions in use.
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Related to System Conservation

  • Water conservation means the preservation and careful management of water resources.

  • Ex-situ conservation means the conservation of components of biological diversity outside their natural habitats.

  • in situ conservation means the conservation of ecosystems and natural habitats and the maintenance and recovery of viable populations of species in their natural surroundings and, in the case of domesticated or cultivated species, in the surroundings where they have developed their distinctive properties.

  • Conservation means any reduction in electric power

  • conservation area means the areas of the mineral lease within the solid black boundaries on Plan E being respectively the reserves known as ‘Xxxx’ ‘Serpentine’ and ‘Monadnock’, and parts of the reserve known as ‘Lane‑Xxxxx’;

  • Resource conservation means the reduction in the use of water, energy, and raw materials. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, Subd. 26a)

  • Energy conservation means the decrease in energy requirements of specific customers during any selected time period, resulting in a reduction in end-use services.

  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq., as amended.

  • Public transportation system means all facilities, conveyances and instrumentalities, whether publicly or privately owned, that are used in or for publicly available services for the transportation of persons or cargo.

  • Energy conservation measure means a training program or facility alteration designed to reduce energy consumption or operating costs and includes:

  • 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.

  • Stormwater management planning area means the geographic area for which a stormwater management planning agency is authorized to prepare stormwater management plans, or a specific portion of that area identified in a stormwater management plan prepared by that agency.

  • Landscape waste means any vegetable or plant waste except garbage. The term includes trees, tree trimmings, branches, stumps, brush, weeds, leaves, grass, shrubbery, and yard trimmings.

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

  • Resource means assets and income.

  • Stormwater runoff means water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers, resulting from precipitation.

  • Health and Safety Plan means a documented plan which addresses hazards identified and includes safe work procedures to mitigate, reduce or control the hazards identified;