1. Significant Water Export Gains from Presidential Executive Order Implementation The district achieved notable operational improvements during the December-January entrainment season through Action 5, resulting from President Trump's executive order. Instead of being restricted to negative 2,000 cfs Old Middle River flows as in previous years under biological opinions, operations maintained negative 5,000 cfs standards, allowing an additional 40,000 acre-feet of CVP exports (75,000 acre-feet combined with state) during the two-week first flush period. The district now defaults to the less restrictive end of operational ranges with Bureau of Reclamation maintaining control, representing a substantial shift from past restrictions.
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