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<br />. <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />---- <br /> <br />(b) Expended by the Administration to Deeemb<r 13. 1949 (date <br />of last meeting) -Nil. <br />(<) The Administration on November 14, 1949, approved a pre- <br />li1ninary budget to cover initial office expenses totaling approximately <br />$1,100. <br />(d) The Erst National Bank of L,mar, Colorado has been des- <br />ignateJ by the Administration as the offi..::iaI depository of its funds. <br />Article VlIl (2) of the By-Laws provides that disbursements of Ad. <br />ministration funds shall be made. by check, signed by the Treasurer, <br />and countasigncd by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Administra- <br />tion. In order to protect Administration funds against loss, the Admin' <br />istra.tion, on Novembe.r 14, 1949, adopted a resolution, a copy of which <br />is marko?d Appendix "B" and <ttt..1.ched hereto. <br /> <br />5, llydf'Olngic Data Relating ta the Arkallsas River- <br />Wata Supply and Reservoir Operation <br />(a) In view of the short operating periCld c0verl:d by tbi.s report, <br />a coDt<lin..; limited detailed data an strL<11l1 fin\\' and divcr.:::iuns. It i:: <br />cnlltemrlatcd that auditional ,<:,agm2crilr~ J.d;t and uperation studies <br />\\ III be mcorporated in future rcrolt.~ <br />(b) During the Compact )'c,!r lUHltl1<.'IK.lllg on November I, 1948 <br />and cndlI1g on Octob~r 31, 194Y, :25"2.9()(1 rl.crc-fcct (USGS pro'V151Onal <br />d;:lt;t) entered John 1.\1artin Reservoir. Dunng- that s;!{n~ p~riod, 202,300 <br />!lCfc-icet (USGS provi.siunai data) wcre rele-;tscd from the reservoir. <br />The demand for water by Colorado was 157,700 acre-feet (Information <br />supplied by R. ]. McGrath), ,lnd the Kansa~ demand was 62,700 acre- <br />feet (Information supplied by William E. LeJvitt). \Vater crossing the <br />Colorado-Ka.nsas state line eluring the period Kansas' demands were in <br />effect totaled 80,100 acre-feet (Official River and Dit<.:h Reports, State <br />of Colorado). This .state line flow, however, included water from two <br />fl[>ou freshets running from ~:,Cl c.f.s. to 2,500 c.f.~. above the then <br />ctfective Kansas demand. <br />The report year started with 100,003 acre.-feet ldt in the reservoir <br />from the prc('cding year. At the end of the report year there was a carry- <br />over of 128,676 acre-feet-a net gilin for the year of 28,673 acre-feet. <br />The ma.xin'mlI1 amount of water in storage ;It ;lny time dunng the year <br />WClS 228,792 acre-feet on July 2U, 1949, and the minimum was 100,003 <br />acre-feet on November 1, 194-8. <br />Tables showing inflow into thl: John Martin Rcs~rvoir. consisting <br />of the Arkansas Riva at Las Animas and the Purgatoire River at the <br />mouth (Av~endices "C-l" and "C-2", respectively); (,lblc of reservoir <br />releases (Appendix "D"); demands on the re.5erv()ir~ by Colorado and <br />Kansas (Appendices "E" and "F", r<spcctivcly); and table showing <br />State Line releases to Kansas on da.yf. of Kansas demand (Appendix "G") <br />arc attached to this rcpurt. <br />The amOunt of \1Ja.ter witborJ.wn from the John Martin Reservoir <br />during the irrig:ltion season of 1949- probably would have bceh greater <br />had it not been for J. very se\lere storm which occurred over the Arka.nsas <br /> <br />~ <br />