BOARD0215

• Board Meeting Date: 5/20/2002
• Description: OWCDP Section - Colorado Drought & Water Supply Assessment
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD

Department of Natural Resources
Bill Owens, Governor
Greg Walcher, DNR Executive Director
Rod Kuharich, CWCB Director

April 2002

San Juan / Dolores Basin Drought Impact Fact Sheet
Water Division 7

Reservoir Storage

Reservoir storage is around 60 -70 percent of average. No
additional runoff is expected to impact reservoir storage. Jackson
Gulch Reservoir is at about 25 percent of capacity and The
Summit reservoir system is well below average.

Use of Storage

The Summit reservoir system, used for irrigation, is so low the
irrigation district is considering several operational options
including canceling irrigation deliveries this year in favor of
stock watering.

The Durango water supply is at risk with the low storage/runoff
at Lemon Reservoir.

Streamflow

The Average Snowpack was at 20 percent on April 8. .

Water Administration
The McElmo Creek is on call. This is only the second time since 1977 that it has been on call. Elbert Creek is
on call above Cascade Reservoir.

Junction Creek is on call and the stream bottom is still dry from the Forest Service line into town. Delivery to
the senior ditch was ruled futile this week.

For more information about this or other water resource topics, please contact the CWCB at:
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721, Denver, CO 80203
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Internet: www.cwcb.state.co.us

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