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<br />Gu31G,) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1967 WATER SUPPlY AND USE <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY PROSPECTS <br /> <br />WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS OF 1966-1967 PRODuCED AMOUNTS OF <br /> <br />PRECIPITATION WHICH WERE FAR BELOW AVERAGE. CONSEQUENTLY, FORECASTS OF STREAMFLOW <br /> <br />BASED ON APRIL 1. 1967. SNOW PACKS ON MOUNTAIN WATER SHEDS WERE NOT OPTQMJSTIC. THE <br /> <br />AVERAGE OF THE FORECASTS MADE By THE THREE FORECASTING AGENCIES -- SOIL CONSERVATION <br /> <br />SERVICE. U. S. WEATHER BURtAU. AND U. S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION -- INDICATED THAT STREAMS <br /> <br />ENTER'N~ THE DISTRICT WOULD PROOUCE ONLY 75% OF AVERAGE STREAMFLOW. <br /> <br />STORAGE CARRY-OVER FROM 1966 WAS ALSO CONSIDERABLY BELOW THE NORMAL. <br /> <br />'N ORDER TO <br /> <br />MEET THE WATER USE REQUIREMENTS IN 1966, STORAGE RESERVES IN DITCH COMPANY AND PROJECT <br /> <br />SYSTEM ~t:St:RVOrRS WERE DEPLETED BY A.LMOST 300.000 A.CRE-FEET. THUS, ON APRIL '. 1967. <br /> <br />TOTAL AVAILABLE STORAGE RESERVES WERE ONLY 66% OF THE PREVIOUS TEN-YEAR AVERAGE Or <br /> <br />630,000 ACRE-fEtT. <br /> <br />~ THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS TOTAL WATER SUPPLY PROSPECTS FOR THE DISTRICT SERVICE <br /> <br />AREA ON APRIL 1. 1967: <br /> <br /> 1957-1966 1967 1967 IN 'f, <br /> AVE;RAGE A. f. A. F. OF AVERAGE <br />STREAM INfLOW 570,588 428,000(1) 75 <br />DITCH SYSTEM STORAGE (2) 223.930 161,782 72 <br />PROJECT STORAGE(2) 407,583 256,509 63 <br />TOTAl 1.202.101 846,291 70 <br /> <br />(1) FORECAST FOR POUDRE. BIG THOMPSON, Sr. VRAIN, BOULDER CRtEK, AND SOUTH PLATTE <br />RIVERS ~OR 1967 WATER YEAR. <br /> <br />(2J STORAGE ON APRIL 1. <br /> <br />-7- <br />