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CED-82-85 1 (1982-05-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdht0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i IX43Oo UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 May 19, 1982 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC Ii oEV LOPMENT oIVISION 111111111I I 1 B-207402 118501 The Honorable George Miller House of Representatives Subject: Water Diverted from Lake Tahoe Has Been Within Authorized Levels (GAO/CED-82-85) Dear Mr. Miller: In your letter of January 29, 1982, and our subsequent discussions with your office, you expressed concern about the water diverted (released) from Lake Tahoe and the resulting reduction in the level of the lake. You asked us for information on the operation of the lake and, specifically, how release rates were established and whether these rates have been met or exceeded during the last 10 years. Essentially, releases from~the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation-controlled Lake Tahoe Dam are regulated by court decree and monitored by a court-appointed water master. Over the last 10 years, releases have not resulted in improper reductions in the level of the lake. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY The objectives of this review were to provide information on the management of Lake Tahoe water releases and to determine how release rates are established and if such releases have met or exceeded the established rates during the last 10 years. We made our review at the offices of the Federal Water Master in Reno, Nevada, and the Bureau of Reclamation's Mid-Pacific Region in Sacramento, California, and its district office in Carson City, Nevada. We interviewed the Federal Water Master and Bureau officials and reviewed records maintained at those locations. We also reviewed the various court decrees that regulate releases from Lake Tahoe and the contract between the Bureau and the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District that provides for construction cost repayment of the Lake Tahoe Dam and other features of the Newlands Project. We also reviewed and compared Truckee River computer flow data from Lake Tahoe and the lake's surface ele- vation data maintained by computer in the Department of the Interior's Geological Survey. This review was performed in accordance with our current Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities, and Functions. (085638)

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