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<br />below average. Reservoir storage is near to above <br />average in most areas, <br /> <br />Mimy basins show improved runoff outlooks. The <br />Arkansas River runoff projections for the mainstem and <br />tributaries are 75-93%' of average. Below average <br />runoff is projected for the Upper Colorado Basin and <br />much below to near average runoff is expected for the <br />Lower Basin. For the Upper Colorado Basin, <br />snowpacks range from 90% of average in the Upper <br />Colorado Mainstem to 75% in the Green River Basin. <br /> <br />Projections forthe Columbia/Snake Rivers improved <br />to 60-75% of average. The Upper Columbia and the <br />Blue i Mountains of Oregon have near average <br />conditions. Continued dry conditions in the Columbia <br />Rive~ Basin mean runoff at The Dalles is expected to <br />be 74%. with runoff in parts of southern Idaho and <br />eastern Oregon forecast at 40-60%, Recent <br />precipitation was generally above average along the <br />east slopes of the Sierras, and in the Humboldt River <br />Basin, Near to above average runoff is expected for <br />the Rocky Mountain states and northeastern Oregon. <br />The total seasonal precipitation, however, is still well <br />below average. Spring runoff is expected to be below <br />to much below average in the eastern Great Basin, <br />with volumes ranging from 60-90%, <br /> <br />Missouri River Basin streams are forecast to have <br />below average spring and summer runoff, but the <br />outlook has improved from January, Tributaries to the <br />Missouri Basin in North and South Dakota are forecast <br />to be above average. The Rio Grande Basin water <br />supply forecast varies. Below average runoff, 60-95%, <br />is predicted along all of the mainstem and the upper <br />portion of the basin in Colorado. In New Mexico, <br />forecasts for some tributaries are above average, <br />ranging from 105-150%. However, the Pecos and <br />Jemez River Basins runoff forecast is 74-86% of <br />average, <br /> <br />February was the wettest month this winter in <br />California. Precipitation was near average in the <br />northern third of the state and above average In the <br />remainder. The water content of the Sierra snowpack <br />improved, but Is still only 70% of average. Streamflow <br />predictions have changed little since last month. <br /> <br />Alaska experienced a very dry February. Most of <br />the state received one-fourth to one-half of the <br />average snowfall for the month. Overall snowpack <br /> <br />,.-- <br /> <br />conditions for the majority of the state range from 75- <br />110% of average. . <br /> <br />PUBUCAllONS <br /> <br />The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press <br />has published America's Water: Federal Roles and <br />Responsibilities by Peter Rogers. The author asserts <br />that the challenge is "to develop a federal policy that <br />will reform the historical patchwork of state-state and <br />state-federal agreements and allow them to work <br />together without abrupt dislocations." To order the <br />book contact The MIT Press, Massachusetts Institute <br />of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142. <br /> <br />Guy Martin, Tracl Stegemann, and Karen Donovan <br />have recently written Water Conservation - The Federal <br />Role. The report was prepared for the American <br />Water Works Association under the sponsorship of the <br />Water Industry Technical Action Fund and the Bureau <br />of Reclamation, It contains an Inventory of federal <br />water conservation authority and programs through <br />the end of 1993, Copies may be obtained from <br />Perkins Cole, Attn: Water Conservation, 607 14th <br />Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20009; (202) <br />434-1620. The cost is $3.00 per copy. <br /> <br />MEETINGS . <br /> <br />The Rivers Council of Washington (RCW) will <br />sponsor a conference entitled Water Wars or <br />Watersheds...Hearing From the Peoplel April 1 and 2 <br />in the Seattle Center's Northwest Rooms. Registration <br />Is $125 for non-members and $85 for RCW members, <br />For information contact the RCW at (206) 283-4988. <br /> <br />The Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority will <br />hold The Santa Ana Watershed Management Seminar <br />March 24 in Riverside. Call Mark Norton at (909) 785- <br />5411 for Information. <br /> <br />The Western States Water Council will hold its <br />114thquarterly meetings at the Edgewater Inn, in <br />Seattle, Washington on April 13-15, 1994. A block of <br />rooms is being held until March 23. Please cail (206) <br />728-7000 for hotel reservations, and Identify yourself <br />as attending the Council meetings for a special room <br />rate of $69 single, $99 double, The Council will <br />consider two external resolutions and will hear from <br />representatives of the Association of State Drinking <br />Water Administrators and the City of Seattle. <br /> <br />The WESTERN STATES WATER COUNCIL is an organization of representatives appointed by the Governors of <br />member states - Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, <br />South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, and associate member stales Montana and Oklahoma <br /> <br />. <br />