WSP12331

• File Number: 8111.600
• Description: ARCA Annual Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 12/13/1949
• Author: ARCA
• Title: First Annual Report Arkansas River Compact Administration for the Year 1949
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

Ri\'cr valley between Las Animas and G,lTclcn City during the period .'
June 3 to 10, 1949.
The irrigated land lying between the. rc~crvClir on the we!;t and
Garden City on the cast dunng this period n:c(;i\'l~d :1mounts of rainfJlI
ranging from around seven inches to more than eight inches. These
amounts were more than ample for crop needs. ,
Another factor contributing to the smaller demand on the reservoIr
was the damaged condition of diversion works and canals along the river
in both states resulting from the flood Gluscd by this storm. There \Vas
no canal in this arr.a that was not damag.::u anJ most of the larger ones
were brea.ched in many places. In some instances it was more than a
month until sufficient repairs had been made to pl;}cc the can,ll back
in service.
Runoff from the storm was principJ.lly in that portion of the valley
below the dll.m; however, reservoir strJragc during that period increased
in the amount of 63,649 acre-feet. .

6, Rules and Reglllations
(a) In aecordonee with Article VlIJ B(l) of tJ.c Compact, the
By-La\\t.s of the Administration (Article VI) set up the procedure. for .
the promulgation of Rules and Regulations for. the administr;ltion of
the Arkansas River Compact.
(b) Effective administration of the Arkansas River Comp~ct re.'
quires cooperation among all interested offici.-ds and agencies Jnd must
be accomplished under Rules and Regulations \vhich delineate the re'
spective functions of the Corps of Engineers in the oper,ttion of John .
Martin Dam and Reservoir, uf the. Chid' Official of (:ach of the States
of Colorado and Kansas charged with the admini~tratJon of water rig~ts.
and of the Administration. A tenta-tive draft of such Rules J.ncl Regula'
tions has been prepared and is being considered by the Admillistration.
This matter must be concluded by the Administration \.vell in advJ.nce
of the commencement of the irrigation season of 1950.

7. Cooperative Studies and Activities - Gaging Stntious
(a) Article VlII G(l) of the Arb",", River Compoc' requires
the Administration to ~ooperate with the Chief Official of each of the
States of Colorado and Kansas chargL'd with the i\dlninistration of water .
rights and with the Federal agenciC's in a systematic clctcrminJtion and
correlation of the facts as to the flow iind di\'cr~ion of the \\.'iHer of the
Arkansas River and as to the operation anJ siltation of John Martin .
Reservoir and other related structures; imd Article VIII G(2) requests
the Director of the United Stines GcologiC<lJ Survey, th-= Commissioner
of Reclamation, and the Chief of Engineers, UnitL'd States Army, to
collaborate with the Administration and with appropriate: Stolte otnci:.tls
in such determination and corrdation of stream flo\\' ,-llld of related data.
The carrying out of the cooperative studit~S ;lncl activities herein men-
tioned is assigned, under the By~Laws Ot the AdministrJ.tion, to the
Engineering Committee. The activities of this Committee with respect
to gaging stations are covered in its report, dJ.t02d September 12, 1949, a
copy of which is marked AppendIx 'Tf' :1nd atw.ched hereto.

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