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THE AHITY MUTUAL IRRIGATION COMPANY 1587 su PERIN TE NI>ENT' S REPORT TO The Amity Mutual Irrigation Company 10 mE DIRECI'ORS AND STOCKHOLDERS: Gent Iernen: The following statements concerning the operation and main_ tenance of The Amity Mutual Irrigation Company, its canals and reservoir system, are submitted for your consideration. AMIlY CANAL 1962 was a year of average water supply for stockholders of the Amity system. The flow of the .Arkansas River held up well until the 12th of August. After this date practically all water delivered to Amity user3 was diverted from the Great Plains Reser- voirs. Eight runs of water were completed during average delivery per share was 2.21 acre feet. acre feet in 1961. the season. The compared with 2.15 Delivery of water was stB' ted on April 9th. On this date 250 second. feet were released from John Martin Dam for Amity u!e. This amount was increased on April 14th. to 300 second-feet. whicr. was dJverted until May 1st., when John Martin went dry. After thJS date river flow held up but was very erratic. Amity diversions varied from 125 second feet to 475 second feet until May 18th, when rains up the river created some storage in John Martin. This storage lasted until May 31st. The AmJty r rann on priorities throughout June. "On the evening of July 4th a severe rain in the Lamar-May Valley area dumped a large volume of water into the Ami ty. caus ing 4 breaks west of Lamar. This ra.in was measured in amounts up to 4 inches. A slope-area measurement" on Pleasantview and May Valley drains indicated a peak flow of at least 2,500 second feet. These breaks were rcpair-ed and water was back in the Canal on the afternoon of July 7th. On July 26th storage wa~ again declared In John Martin. TIlis water lasteduntil Aug. 12th. After this date very little water was diverted from the Arkansas River. However, watt!'r from Great Plains Reservoirs was deliver- ed to all stockholders east of Sandcreek. leaving available river flow to users in Lamar Division. Curves and bogs were cleaned along the canal ir, the spring. Several new headgates were Jnstalled. Intensive spraying of wil- lows has begun to show results in !lame areas. A project of tree removal, Cleaning, and re-alignment was ~nitiated in LAmar Divis- ion this year. 'I11is is a very large proJect and cannot possibly be accomj:.lished in a short period of time \l&Ut.h Company equipment. However, relatively good progress has been made. -17~