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<br />upstream, it doesn't come back in for the downstream, which makes it even more difficult for
<br />those downstream users to meet their demand. It's not right or wrong, just a function of water use.
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<br />Rio Grande. This is average, this was '77. And that one right here is today, relatively close to
<br />today. We don't have a whole lot in the Rio Grande. The nice thing about that, the Rio Grande,
<br />we don't have to meet compact demands, when they're that low, we've already got them taken
<br />care of. So that's not too bad. However, these were some highlights that actually the Division
<br />gave us, and on May 1 snowpack generally 6% of normal, flow at the Rio Grande at Del N orte
<br />was 56% of normal, Conejos, 53%. Now these are at a point oftime when we generally have
<br />again, flows going up, but flows are not going up. They are certainly stable or going down, and in
<br />most cases, going down. Several towns' water use, that's pretty much across the board, for the 1 st
<br />of April, for 20 years, none of the precipitation on the valley floor came in the form of snowfall.
<br />In other words, over the last 20 years, no snowfall in the valley. Alamosareceived only .15 inches
<br />of moisture during April, .39 inches below normal. That doesn't sound like a lot, but when they
<br />don't get much, that's pretty significant. It's the warmest April in 10 years. NRCS forecast about
<br />25% of normal, if it holds true, the Upper Rio Grande will experience the worst runoff season in
<br />recorded history. Applications for existing domestic wells and irrigation wells are already
<br />arriving, and this is where their wells are not producing the water they want. In the Rio Grande, in
<br />the San Luis Valley, you have the unconfmed aquifer and the confmed aquifer, and the unconfmed
<br />aquifer is certainly going to be stressed heavily. This one they told me it would be easier to catch
<br />fish with a net than a hook this year, and this came straight from the Division.
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<br />Gunnison. Right here is today, so to speak, this is the average, we've had some pretty interesting
<br />stuff going on with the Gunnison. The Florida gaging station, the Uncompahgre, near Ridgway,
<br />was 105 cfs compared to a long-term average ofl09. Not bad. Storage in Taylor Park, Fruitland
<br />reservoirs, 106%. Again, this is one reason that the Rio Grande SWSI, or the Gunnison SWSI
<br />really doesn't necessarily show how critical the situation is, because we have a windy dry weather
<br />pattern that has occurred, I hope it changes. Grand Junction reported in January through April, the
<br />lowest since 1972. The cattle prices, at least in the Division offices, are reportedly dropping, and
<br />its going to severely impact the economic viability of many ranchers in the basin. River call at the
<br />Gunnison tunnel, it's the first time in nearly 50 years that the tunnel had a call. Irrigators in the
<br />Upper Gunnison particularly hit hard by curtaihnent of water rights, junior to the 1905 tunnel
<br />right. What that means is that those wells that were tributary would have to shut down because
<br />they wouldn't have an augmentation supply. Colorado River Basin.. .right here. This gives you
<br />an idea of the Colorado River at Dotsero, at about 1/5, we're sitting at the Colorado River at
<br />Glenwood, 2700 to near 9000. Actually, the reservoir storage is not too bad, 110%. But again,
<br />that's an indication it's going to be drawing heavily.
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<br />_ - That really reflects the fact that in Green Mountain in particular, normally is still dumping
<br />water out of the pipe at this point.. . (inaudible)
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<br />Jack - And the Bureau of Reclamation had a project plarmed to replace the seals on the gates, they
<br />aren't able to do that because they can't bypass through the spillway, everything has to go through
<br />the power plant, so it really has some other impacts. Move on to the YampalWhite. This one may
<br />be the best. We're sitting actually a little bit above, our low. We're still predicting about 25-30%
<br />of normal. I won't go through...other than the last item, that several of the streams, like I
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