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<br />April 2002 <br /> <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />Department of Natural Resource~ <br />Bill Owens, Governor <br />Greg Walcher, DNR Executive Director <br />Rod Kuharich, CWCB Director <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Drought Impact Fact Sheet <br />Water Division 5 <br /> <br />Colorado R @ Dotsero <br /> <br />Fryingpan @ Ruedi <br /> <br />Roaring Fork @ Glenwd <br /> <br />Colorado R blw Glenwd <br /> <br />Water Administration <br /> <br />The River call is the 1902 senior right at Shoshone. <br /> <br />Comparison to Prior Years <br /> <br />Based on year to date precipitation 1 snowpack, conditions on the Colorado River are worse than 1981, but <br />not quite as bad as 1977 or 1955. <br /> <br />Reservoir Storage <br /> <br />Reservoir storage is generally good with many <br />reservoirs near or expected to be near 90 to 100 <br />percent of full storage. The key Municipal Reservoirs <br />include Dillon, Williams Fork, Homestake and Jerry <br />Creek Reservoir. <br /> <br />Streamflow <br /> <br />The streamflow across the basin ranges from 30 <br />percent of average to 50 percent of average. <br /> <br />Current streamflow conditions: <br /> <br />GAGE <br /> <br />4/22/02 <br /> <br />1250cfs <br /> <br />65 <br />620 <br />1930 <br /> <br /> <br />4/22/historic mean <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2171cfs <br /> <br />164 <br />1058 <br />3029 <br /> <br />For more information about this or other water resource topics, please contact the CWCB at: <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721, Denver, CO 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 Fax: (303) 866-4474 Internet: www.cwcb.state.co.us <br /> <br />. <br />