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<br />COLORADO BASIN
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<br />Basinwide Conditions Ass:essment
<br />The SWSI value of -3.0 indicates that for June the
<br />basin water supplies were below normal. Flow at the gaging
<br />station Colorado River near Dotsero was 2,395 cfs, as
<br />compared to the long-term average of 5,928 cfs. Storage in
<br />Green Mountain, Ruedi, and Williams Fork reservoirs 'totaled
<br />9.7% of normal as of the end of June.
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<br />Outlook
<br />, Among the major reservoirs only Dillon and Vega
<br />Reservoirs have filled and spilled. Ruedi, Granby, Williams
<br />Fork, Wolford, and Green, Mountain Reservoirs are not
<br />anticipated to fill this year. "Monsoonal" weather patterns
<br />finally started at the end of June, brining much needed
<br />showers into early July.
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<br />Administrative/ManaQement Concerns
<br />Each spring the u.s. Fish & Wildlife Service
<br />establishes a minimum target flow for the 15-Mlle Reach (Le.
<br />the Colorado' River from Palisade to the mouth of the
<br />Gunnison River) depending on anticipated runoff. So far this
<br />year, the target flow of 810 cfs has been met.
<br />The junior Shoshone power plant call was 'initiated
<br />on June 30. Neither the senior Shoshone call nor the Cameo
<br />irrigation call has been placed yet this year.
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<br />Public Use Impacts
<br />Low flows on the Colorado River between Kremmling
<br />and Dotsero have caused concern among many private
<br />boaters and commercial rafting companies that like to use
<br />that stretch of the river. '
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