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<br />2001 - 2002 Winter Water Program <br /> <br />The: 2001-2002 Wimer Water <br />Program cndl"d at midnight on <br />March 14, 2002. A '''tal "f 134,665 <br /><l.t. of Winter water was <br />arculllularl'd. <br />At this time, there IS <br />""proximatd)' 157.100 a.f. of <br />availahle storage spal.:c III Puchlll <br />Reservoir, not indullmg Wiml'r <br />watcr and If & <br />When. Based I <br />on the current <br />Yur <br />II pc fa r i (\ ns <br />sufficient <br />conservation <br /> <br />2002 pro!-(ram IS $3.05 pL'r acre- <br />foot, which includcd a $0.25 reI' :l. <br />f. Safer)' of Dams surcharge. Costs <br />,He dctC'rmincd on maximum <br />stora/.:L' during the pro}.!ram anll arc <br />nnnrcfullllahlC'. <br />Agricultural llsers have <br />approximately 6.217 anc.fcl'[ of <br />carryover Project water In their <br />storage al'C{lunts, <br />I which must be <br />ddiwfl.J beiorc <br />99~OO June I, 2002. <br />46.457 23,200 Any Project water <br />remaining in the <br />10.446 150.857 agricultural <br />accoun(s ;titer <br />27,597 4,384 JUnt' I will rewrt <br />tor h e <br />138 Southe:t~tl.'rn <br />Coloralto W,uer <br />Ac(iviry En(crprise <br />tSX~\911 I7H.S79 <br />ac(ouO(. <br /> <br />111-02 <br /> <br />\\jnll'r Waler Pro~rlIm 211112.1999 <br /> <br />00-01 <br /> <br />I'm'bln )9,6Q4 <br />t{('wr\'oir <br />Orr-Chllnllel bQ,I5Q <br />John.\hrlln 25.024 <br />I{ewr\oir <br />A Transil 7&R <br />toss Accollnt <br />rohll I 34,bM <br /> <br />shlmgc :-pan.' <br />jor Wimer <br />wah'r should <br />be avail:1hle at <br />P 1I e h I 0 <br />Rl.'servoir for <br />the entire <br />i r r i!-: a t ion <br />Sl.'ason. The <br />l'Ost oi Wintcr <br />Pueblo Rcst.'rvoir <br /> <br />\Vatl.'r storeJ III <br />during thl' 2001. <br /> <br />RlJQ <br /> <br />Written by: Bob Hamilton, Water <br />ReS\lllrCt:s Manager, SECWCD <br /> <br />Streamflow Forecast <br />as of March 2002 <br /> <br />As of Monday, March 25, 2002 the <br />cighl National Resoun;:es <br />Conservalion Service (NRCS) <br />~molcl sites in the Arkansas River <br />Basin reported snow-water <br />cquivalence th.u r.mged from 0.5 <br />to II.g inches. Overall. the SIlOW- <br />waler equivalence in (he Arkansas <br />River Basin is 55 percent of <br />average. In lhe upper Colorado <br />River Basin, NRCS is reporting <br />thc snow-waler cquivalcnce al 6g <br />pl:n..'cnl of average. Reservoir <br />capacity of Turquoise Rcservoir <br />and Twin Lakcs arc reported 10 be <br /> <br />aboul 110 percent of la't year, but <br />only abOUI 50 percent of capacilY <br />allll "houl 90 percent of average, <br />The low reservoir storage and low <br />snowpad rcsuh in a current <br />streaml10w forecast in the upper <br />Arkansas River Basin of 70 to 90 <br />perccnt of average: while (he <br />streamflow forecast for the <br />rcmainder of the Arkansas River <br />Basin is cstimated to be: between <br />50 and 70 percent of average. <br /> <br />Written hy Patrick F. Edelmann. <br />USGS <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />WATER <br />ALLOCATION <br />RETURN FLOW <br /> <br />The first week of M,l)' 2002 thl' <br />Bureau ()i Redamation <br />(Redamatilln) will be giving Ihl.' <br />Districl an estimate on the alllllUn( <br />(If Fryingran-Ar\.:an.~as Projl'(( water <br />that will he available frolll <br />Rel.lamatilln, Prt,liminarye:-timate:i <br />hased on the current snow pac\.:, <br />which at (his timt: arl.' IlllKh helow <br />a"ctal.:L'. inJi~.atl' that the imJ'lllrts <br />oi west slopl.' watcr willlX' helow <br />nl\rmal. <br />Re~luccd imports and minimal <br />carryowr Pwject watt'r will result in <br />thl' "lIncation of Pwjl'cr water ro <br />agriculttlralusl.'rs lX'ing signiiicantly <br />reJuced. Ra"l.'J upon preliminary <br />estimarcs by the Bureau (If <br />Redamarillll, Pnljt'l."t water <br />allocatilms could hI.' rl..Jucl..d hY;ls <br />mllch as sixt)' rcrcrnt (60',~,) I ,f tfll' <br />2001 allo(ation, <br />A:i Re(um Flows an' ba'l.'d on the <br />amount of Projl.'ct water Jdiwrnl. <br />therc is a corrl.'splmJing rcJul"rinn <br />in ilVailahle Projl'(r Return Flo....1>. <br />Rt'wm Flo....1> arc alluGHcd in M,m-h <br />ht.'GHlse wcllusers and the Division <br />En.k:inl'cr nn,J to know how mudl <br />waler is availahle in the <br />dewlopmem oi Rt'pbct'llll'nt P1.ms <br />a.s required \,." rhe .. Anll.'nJ(oJ Rules <br />ami Regulations Gowrning rill' <br />Diversion and UM" oiTribul;try <br />GrounJ Water in 11ll.' Arkans;ls <br />River Basin, Colllrado," <br />Ii (he snow pack inneases wirh <br />late spring snows, anJ then' is <br />signiiicantly mtlrl.' watl'r imlltlrft,J <br />irom the westl.'rn slope than <br />projet.'ted. rhere may be a sl.'cond <br />allocation of Projt'cr Wall.'r Rl.,turn <br />Fltlw:'., <br /> <br />Wrilten 1))'Bllb <br />~Iamilton, <br />Watt"r Rl"sourccs <br />Managl.or, SECWC[) <br /> <br />,~ <br />.. <br />