WSP13019 ‎(2)‎

• File Number: 8040.800
• Description: Colorado Water Resources
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 7/1/1999
• Author: Division of Water Resources
• Title: Colorado Water Supply Conditions Update Reports
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Data

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ARKANSAS BASIN

Basinwide Conditions Assessment
The SWSI value of -1,8 indicates that for November
the basin water supplies were below normal. The Natural
Resources Conservation Service reports that December 1
snowpack is 86% of normal. Flow at the gaging station
Arkansas River near Portland was 413 cfs, as compared to
the long-term average of 441 cfs. Storage in Turquoise,
Twin ,Lakes, Pueblo, and John Martin reservoirs totaled
. '117% of normal as of the end of November.

Outlook
Reservoir storage levels in Pueblo and John Martin
will permit Winter Water Storage Program participants to
store typical winter water amounts with a high degree of
confidence that water will not spill.

Administrative/Manaoement Concerns
Winter Water Storage Program began on November
15th. The river call will stay at March 1, 1910 through March
14, 2000 pursuant to the program's court decree. The first
two weeks of the four-month program shows a storage total
of. 18,150 acre feet, which is 55% of last year's total .for the
same time period.
The annual meeting of the Colorado-Kansas
Arkansas River Compact Administration took place in
Lamar, Colorado on December 11th and 12th. Major topics
of discussion included the past year's operations at John
Martin Reservoir, Trinidad Reservoir and state line
dellveries.

Public Use Impacts
None.

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