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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GUNNISON BASIN

Basinwide Conditions Assessment
The SWSI value of -1.2 indicates that for November
the basin water supplies were below normal. The Natural
Resources Conservation. Service reports that December 1
snowpack is 79% of normal. Flow at the gaging station
Uncompahgre River' near Ridgway was 49.1 cfs, as
compared to the long-teon average of 67.3 cfs. Storage in
Taylor Park, Crawford, and Fruitland reservoirs totaled 93%
of normal as of the end of November. .

Outlook
Snowpack in the northern part of the division is
good, but the snowpack is light in the southern part, which is
the opposite of most past years.. Slumgullion is 65% of
average, a contrast to past years when other areas had a
light snowpack and Slumgullion had a higher snowpack
percentage.

Administrative/ManaQement Concerns
The Division 4 office welcomed a new Program
Assistant on December 3rd. Our office will benefit
particularly well in teChnology skills with this addition to our
staff.
Personnel administering water in the North Fork of ,
the Gunnison drainage continue to closely monitor storage
water on the Grand Mesa. The increase of development in
the North Fork area is reducing the irrigated acreage,
causing concern for. area water companies. A recent
request was made to the division office to refrain from
issuing new well permits because new developments have
reduced the ground water supply to a record low. One water
company was forced to initiate water restraints for the first
time in fifty years. The increased growth and another dry
, year have caused great concern for local residents.

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