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<br />RIO GRANDE BASIN <br /> <br />e;:,slrwrdc ~q,1drt:ons Assessment <br />Tne S'NSI ..alue of -3 2 Indicales !hal for AugJst Ihe <br />:J3sn N<ller suoolies .....ere well below normal. Flow at tne <br />gagt1g slat.on Rlo Grande rear De' Nor~e ,...'as 232 cfs (29% <br />0: normat). as compared 10 the long-term average o' 719 cfs <br />The ConeJcs River near Mogole had a mean flo..... of 90 cfs <br />(4~% of normal) Slorage in Plaloro. RIo Grande. and Santa <br />Mana reservOI~s to:aleo 39% of normal as of the end of <br />August <br />At the ::Jose of tne month, stream liow m :,tle u~per Rio <br />G~anae Oasin '"lad Impro\lec due 10 recent ra,nfall. but <br />remained al '1'cry lOw levels. So.t mOisture condltons are <br />Improving and lht~ 'ootnlJ1S are taktr'lg on a greener tlue <br />The San lus Valley COnllnued 10 lag behl'1d normal <br />precipltaton amounts, abOUl one Inch telow average yea~-to- <br />dale. August was not q.Jite Ihe scorcl1er lhat July was. out <br />tempera1ures stilt remained abo'~e l'1ormal. <br /> <br />Sep-03 <br /> <br /> -~..,.., <br /> .' <br />- <br />< <br />, <br />, <br />> iJI <br />~ <br />! <br />L~ <br /> ..-" -.- ". .. .,. -' -~ - -, <br /> ...~-- <br /> <br />Oultoc~ <br />Near norvlai precipitalton amounts duril'19 J..ly and <br />Aug~S! enCO;Jraged water users ana admlnlstra:ors. Ho.ve'Jer, <br />barrmg <l conSlste'lt d~tugtl of rain, lhe can for water from area <br />ceei<.s and rivers should re:T:Bln \lery se~ior ul1lil....:nter. Tne <br />aquJ(t"M"s 01 U'e reglOn 8'e pa~cular1y stressed as nearly all <br />i'Tigal~n waler used In the area must CO'l'C from wet1s <br /> <br />~dmlnrslraJ:Yt:fManaqe!!lgnt Concems <br />Aaulfer rnonl~onng by (he Rio Grande Water <br />ConservalKln Dislrict (RGWCD) and Q,ws Engineert'19 Ser..lce <br />~e"'ea!ed that water storage :r; the unconfined aquifer tr1 a <br />defined study area of U'1e Ctosed Basl~ tlad dropped nearly <br />1,000.000 acre-~eel beo.ow :Ile basl11,re eslablis~ed Ul1976 <br />Tllis translates Ir:to U'1rc.-e years of glourdwa'.e" ccnsumpl10n in <br />that afea <br />Extreme measclreS must be tal<.en to reverse ttlTS <br />drali1;Jt:c trend. A grOllp 0: area ....-aler users are proposing the <br />ueatlQn of a specIal subdistrict of tt"e RGWeD. The Objective <br />of the sucdlstrict WOlIld be 10 prO\lide a welter management <br />allemali\le :0 state'lmposed regulations hf"llting 1'1e L;se 01 wells <br />Within !ile subdistrict, by alJQ'Wlng SUbdlStrict members to setl- <br />-egulatc Weller conS'JmpllOn 'MIIll;,'CQr1omic-based Incentives <br />thaI oromote respc~s,ble water use and rr.af1ageffi8r't TIle <br />concepl of the subd Slr:ct IS gattle'mg Inte'est and IS be'll!; <br />brought 10 i:I vo:e of lt1e cor;stl:;Jenls Within the oroposCd <br />subdislnCl bourdary (an area cOfTlpr.sing neari).' 200.000 <br />acres) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1'0::' ~~.oP. L:H.Ni.JCE. ....0.., IJ'I' ,....~-:tR Y"...o'R <br /> <br />'..:'OO.XlJI-- <br /> <br />-.....\'Frc~ <br /> <br />T <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />__rFl-l<<<lZ! <br /> <br />- '''' <br /> <br />-;o;-;.n:tl <br /> <br />Puoltc Use Im:Jacts <br />On Seotember 9. t1eavy -8111fall on the \laJley f1oo~ <br />and sno.....fall or the high ~eaks Of the basH1 resulled ir'l a <br />s'gn.flcanllncrease of stream flow. Alamosa received 1.17 <br />tnches of rain on !his dale Thts is manur-lenlai because <br />l~re has r.ol been a s'ngle rainfa!1 cvenllfl Alamosa of Over <br />o:-te i'lch Sl1ce 1993 Per'laps thiS is a'1 IftdlCatlon o~ ....halts <br />:0 come? <br /> <br />~ca;, <br /> <br />I <br />- <br /> <br />! <br />~""oJ:l'-_ <br /> <br />t I <br /> <br />100M .... <br />~'~'" <br />'-"!; <br />I.Ul-'J;"-. <br />., <br />.. <br />~-.., . <br />. - <br /> <br />~~- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />>6""P.'E"'T"l~r(-;S9>J'JR" <br /> <br /> <br />,. <br />.. <br /> <br />.-c', <br />, <br />_,I;. <br /> <br /> <br />-1m <br /> <br />_'0 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.>o.g..tr.lln...... <br /> <br />.."iJv;'lCaLl'$ <br />