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<br />RIO GRANDE BASIN <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI vaiue of -0.7 indicates that for August the <br />basin water supplies were near normal. Flow at the gaging <br />station Rio Grande near Del Norte averaged 497 cfs (62% of <br />nonnal). The Conejos River near Mogote had a mean flow of <br />218 cfs (107% of nonnal). The above-average flow in the <br />Conejos River was due to extensive storage releases from <br />Platoro Reservoir for downstream irrigation need. <br />Storage in Platoro. Rio Grande, and Santa Maria <br />reservoirs totaled 101 % of normal as of the end of August. <br />Precipitation in A1amosa was 1.59 Inches, 0.40 inches <br />above nonnal. Temperatures ranged from 380 to 890 in <br />A1amosa where the average monthly temperature was 62.30, <br />0.20 above nonnal. <br /> <br />Outlook <br />Despne better than average rainfall in parts of the <br />basin during August, the effect on flow in area streams was not <br />as significant as expected. As the month came to a close, <br />most streams in the basin were below historic levels. DWR <br />personnel are forecasting that flows in the basin's streams will <br />remain below average lhroughoutthe fall. <br /> <br />Adminlstrative/Manaaement Concerns <br />The dramatic drop in stream flow since June has led <br />administrators to rethink the Rio Grande Compact delivery <br />strategy, Irrigators on the Rio ,Grande"and theConejos "and <br />their tributaries are no longer being curtailed from diverting <br />the entire stream flow, <br /> <br />Public Use Imoacts <br />The rain during August had a detrimental Impact on <br />crop harvest and yield. Fanners with grain and alfalfa crops <br />suffered the worst as rainstonn after rainstorm delayed the <br />haIVest or molded what was cut and lying in the field. <br /> <br />Sep-05 <br /> <br />-"""" <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />. <br />> " <br />~ <br />o <br />. <br />., <br /> <br />~ <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />....,.............-.m___.-.04_ <br />~- <br /> <br />RO GWI:I; Nt [ElN:Rl'E, R..ON Er( YATER 'VE)R <br /> <br />,= <br /> <br /> ,-- <br /> '" / <br /> / ,/" ~ <br /> / ,/" ....- <br /> / <br /> 0 / <br />A <br /> <br />1,.000,000 <br />i....ooo <br />~ <br />u.. 600,000 <br /> <br />~ @/OO <br />~ <br />" <br /><.> ""/00 <br /> <br />o <br />O::l:tb.tD!c.B'lFfbMn:hliriMrt.AnJJJyh.lg&p: <br /> <br />__\o\ET(1lB7) <br /> <br />~""'(2Xl2) <br /> <br />_A\G <br /> <br />*""" <br /> <br />~A1M:~RS <br /> <br />2<,"'" <br /> <br />= <br /> <br /> <br />t."", <br />f <br />~10,tXXl <br />~ <br />m <br />" <br /> <br />""'" <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />"''''"''' <br /> <br />-., <br /> <br />......... <br />B(8'3UQrierD <br /> <br />'~(8'310:rtf11s <br /> <br />5 <br />