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<br />San Juan-Chama <br />Water Accounting <br />Albuquerque Area Office <br />Apri 1 1999 <br /> <br />The natural inflow into Heron Reservoir during the month of April <br />was computed to be 890 acre-feet (AF) as shown in Table 3. There <br />were 872 AF net San Juan-Chama (SJ-C) losses, as shown in Table <br />2. A total of 12,156 AF of water was diverted through Azotea <br />Tunnel this month. <br /> <br />A total of 406 AF of Natural (RG) was released from Heron during <br />the month. Due to gate maintenance, the remaining 822 AF of RG. <br />could not be released during the month. A three to four day <br />release has been planned for the month of May to zero out Heron's <br />RG content. There were no SJ-C releases from Heron this month. <br /> <br />A total of 268 AF of SJ-C was released from El Vado this month, <br />all of which represented pay-back from MRGCD to the City of <br />Albuquerque for SJ-C borrowed from the City Pool in Abiquiu <br />during the 1998 irrigation season. <br /> <br />A total of 13,097 AF of SJ-C was released from Abiquiu during the <br />month, of which 1,453 AF was released from MRGCD's pool to <br />satisfy irrigation demands in the Middle Rio Grande Valley; 7,311 <br />AF was released from a pool of water procured by Reclamation in <br />1998 for water management within the Middle Valley; 549 AF was <br />released from the City of Santa Fe's pool to offset estimated <br />cumulative effects on the Rio Grande below the Otowi gage as a <br />result of pumping at the Buckman Well Field from July 1, 1998 <br />through October 31, 1998; 113AF was released from The Town of <br />Bernalillo's pool (temporarily stored in the City of <br />Albuquerque's allocated space) to offset the estimated cumulative <br />effects on the Rio Grande due to water use by the Town of <br />Bernalillo during the period of July 1, 1998 through October 31, <br />1998; and, under the terms of a contract between Reclamation and <br />the City of Albuquerque, 3,653 AF was released from the City of <br />Albuquerque Pool for water management within the Middle Rio <br />Grande Valley. <br /> <br />There was 2.08 inches of precipitation at Heron Reservoir, which <br />is 189% of the April (running) average of 1.10 inches. The <br />monthly computations for Heron Reservoir are summarized in Tables <br />1- 3. <br /> <br />Total inflow into Nambe Falls Reservoir was computed to be 560 <br />AF. There were 11,9 AF of losses on the reservoir. Table 4 <br />