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<br />The Reservoir outlet gates remained closed until 8 :00 A.M. all <br />May 24, 1955, at which time rde<lses were commenced to meet demand:- <br />for water by the State of Colorado, which continued to the end of the <br />irrigation season. Statelinc flows met needs in Kansas until June 24,1953. <br />Releases from the Reservoir then were jncr~ased to meet Kansrts' Jc' <br />mands, which continued through October 7, 1955. Kansas requirement:' <br />were met by statcline flows during the remainder of the month. <br />Storage in the Reservoir reached rt pe;tk of 244,493 acre.feet duro <br />ing the first week of June. It was drawn down steadily to 132.275 acre- <br />feet on August 6. During the following week, there was recovery from <br />freshets to a volume of 152,773 acre-feet on August 12. Later in the <br />month another freshet maintained storage in the Reservoir at 138,74'2 <br />acre-feet for three days. From that point on August 23 ther~ was ;1 <br />constant dedmc in storage until the end of the irrigation season which <br />closed on October 31 with 47,413 acre-feet of water left in the Reservoir. <br />The total releases from the Reservoir during the periods April 11 <br />tn 17 and May 24 to Octohcr ~1 :lmo:lunted to 26~'-2.s0 acre-feet. Statl'- <br />linc fl,.\',i dLlrin~ the cnrrc,,-p(llllling period.__, allowing three d:1.Ys for \\':1.tcr <br />from the Reser....oir to reach the Stateline. amuunted to 113,240 (t(:.re-f':ft <br />Riva flnw W;'IS p.'Issed thr\lugh the: Reservoir J.\'crag1l1g: <br />21 seCllnd-fet':t frnm Nowmber 1. 19.'i4 tu D~'~'Lmhcr 11). lY5-1 <br />5 second-feet from December 19. 19j4 to April 10. 1955, and <br />27 second-feet from April IR, 19.1.1 to M;lY 24.19.15. <br />Statcline flow for corresponding periods, disregarding local runoff during <br />the week of May 17 to 24. averaged: 41 SC'cond.fcct, 48 second-feet, and <br />35 second-feet, respectively. <br />The total discharge for the year at Garden City was 51.600 acre <br />feet. Approximately one-half of it occurred as local runoff during thl' <br />storm period in the week of May 19 to 26. With this exception, the <br />average discharge was about 35 cubic feet per second. Total diversion~ <br />by Kansas ditches during the irrigation season amounted to more than <br />75% of the water which crossed the Statcline in this time. <br />The inflow. outflow and storage at the John Martin Reservoir and <br />Statcline flow for the report-year arc shown in graphs on Plate 1. <br />Hydrologic data as listed below are presented in Appendix B: <br />B- I Daily discharges, Arkansas River near Pueblo, Colorado. <br />monthly totals corrected for transmountain water. <br />B-2. Daily discharges, Arkansas Rivrr at Las Animas. Colorado. <br />B-3. Daily discharges Purgatoire River near Las Animas. Coln- <br />rado. <br />B-4. Inflow into John Martin Reservoir. <br />B-5. Daily contents, John Martin Reservoir. <br />B-6. Outflow from John Martin Reservoir. <br />B-7. Daily discharges, Arkansas River ;H the Colorado-Kansi:- <br />Stateline. <br />B-8. Daily discharges, Arkansas River at Garden City. Kama::. <br />B-9. Demands by Colorado for water. <br />B-to. Demands by Kansas for water. <br />B- 11. Stateline flows on days of Kansas demand. <br /> <br />9 <br />