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<br />ARKANSAS BASIN <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value for the month of October was 2.2. <br />Flow at the gaging station Arkansas River near Portland was <br />597 cfs, as compared to the long-term average of 404 cfs. <br />Storage in Turquoise, Twin Lakes, Pueblo, and John Martin <br />reservoirs totaled 830/0 of normal as of the end of <br />September. <br /> <br />Outlook <br />The river call for October began at the Amity #1 <br />2/21/1887 call and ended the month at the Fort Lyon #2 <br />3/1/1887 following a short wet period the last week of the <br />month with Holbrook (1889) and Colorado Canal (1890) calls <br />running for the period from 10/27/06 through 10/30106. <br />A meeting of the Winter Water Board of Directors <br />was held in La Junta on October 24, 2006. Planning for the <br />upcoming storage season which runs from November 15, <br />2006 through March 14, 2007 was the topic at this meeting. <br />Winter Compact storage in John Martin Reservoir <br />began at midnight on October 31, 2006. <br /> <br />Administrative/Manaoement Concerns <br />Colorado and Kansas representatives appointed to <br />a Special Engineering Committee by the Arkansas River <br />Compact Administration in December 2005 concluded <br />meetings regarding a number of accounting disputes for <br />operations in John Martin Reservoir that have arisen over <br />the past ten to twelve years. Several agreements were <br />reached that will be presented at the ARCA Meeting in <br />December in Lamar. <br /> <br />Nov-06 <br /> <br />ARKANSAS BASIN SV\BI HISTORY <br /> <br />4.0 <br /> <br /> <br />3.0 <br /> <br />2.0 <br /> <br />I- <br />W <br />S <br /> <br />1.0 <br /> <br />w <br />:3 <br /><( <br />> 0.0 <br />>< <br />w <br />o <br />z <br />- -1.0 <br />>- <br />a:: <br />o <br />-2.0 <br /> <br />-3.0 <br /> <br />-4.0 <br />Jen-97 Jan-98 Jan-99 Jan-OO Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-Q3 Jan-Q4 Jen-05 Jan-06 <br /> <br />I\i1ONTH / YEAR <br /> <br />ARKANSAS RIVER NR. PORTLAND, FLOW BY WATER YEAR <br /> <br />200,000 <br /> <br /> <br />180,000 <br /> <br />ill <br />~ 160,000 <br />ill <br />~ 140,000 <br /> <br />~- 120,000 <br />---l <br />LL <br />W 100,000 <br />> <br />~ 80,000 <br />---l <br />:J <br />~ 60,000 <br />:J <br />U <br /> <br />40,000 <br /> <br />20,000 <br /> <br />o <br />Oct <br /> <br />Nov <br /> <br />Dee <br /> <br />Jan <br /> <br />Feb <br /> <br />March <br /> <br />April <br /> <br />--B--- WET (1984) <br /> <br />-A- A VG <br /> <br />--* 2007 <br /> <br />---+-- DRY (2002) <br /> <br />REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> <br />120,000 <br /> <br /> <br />100,000 <br /> <br />ill <br />~ 80,000 <br />0) <br />U <br />CU <br />0)- <br />g> 60,000 <br />o <br />U5 <br />0) <br />::0 <br />~ 40,000 <br />:J <br /> <br />20,000 <br /> <br />John Martin <br /> <br />Pueblo <br /> <br />Turquoise <br /> <br />Twin Lakes <br /> <br />II Avg. 10/31 Contents <br /> <br />1110/31/06 Contents <br /> <br />4 <br />