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<br />ARKANSAS BASIN <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value of -2,5 indicates that for October <br />the basin water supplies were below normal, Flow at the <br />gaging station Arkansas River near Portland was 168 cfs, as <br />compared to the long-term average of 426 cfs, Storage in <br />Turquoise, Twin Lakes, Pueblo, and John Martin reservoirs <br />totaled 45% of normal as of the end of October, <br /> <br />NOTE: Due to changes in reservoir operations since the <br />SWSI was developed in 1981, which caused an <br />inappropriately high SWSI value to be computed in recent <br />years, the reservoir statistic used in computing the SWSI <br />value has been adjusted as of this month, <br /> <br />Outlook <br />The trend towards an increasingly junior river call <br />continued in October, The Fort Lyon Canal was finally able <br />to consistently divert water under their April 15,1884 right for <br />the first time since July 2002, There is still some lingering <br />uncertainty about operations during the Pueblo Winter Water <br />Program and the Winter Conservation Storage period in John <br />Martin Reservoir, River flows above Pueblo Reservoir <br />trended slightly higher, but still well below averages, River <br />flows into John Martin Reservoir are sill significantly below <br />average, <br /> <br />Administrative/ManaQement Concerns <br />Water users and administrators are looking <br />optimistically at some of the early season snowfall amounts, <br />but continue to prepare for what looks to be another water <br />short year in 2003 in terms of water available for <br />augmentation purposes, <br />All of the major well users associations are <br />evaluating their replacement supplies and are looking for any <br />new sources that could be tapped to allow some reasonable <br />level of augmented well pumping to occur in 2003, <br />Imports of Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water will still <br />be a critical factor in determining how tight water supplies will <br />be in 2003, <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />Nov-02 <br /> <br />....... <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />.... <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />J!n(f; J;n(6 J!n.W J;nQ'I J;nQ'I J!n(l) J;n(lI J;n(2 <br /> <br />....."'" <br /> <br />~R\.ffi.t>RR:RJl..,tIl>QR.ONBYIMlffi.'rEAA. <br /> <br />aD,lXXl <br /> <br />100,lXXl <br />J,00,lXXl <br />'" <br />.:t 140,(0) <br />;i 1a>,lXXl <br />g <br />~ <br />~ 100,(0) <br />~ oo,lXXl <br />::. <br />~ 6),(0) <br />o <br /> <br /> <br />4O,lXXl <br />a>,lXXl <br /> <br />"" <br /> <br />"" <br /> <br />..., <br /> <br />Rb <br /> <br />""'" <br /> <br />1\>1' <br /> <br /> <br />REPRESENrAllJE RESEIW'Cft> <br /> <br />"''''' <br /> <br /> <br /><<\"" <br /> <br />I ~~ <br />o <br />. <br />& 00.000 <br />~ <br />.. <br />~ 40,000 <br /> <br />"''''' <br /> <br />JoInMvtin <br /> <br />""'" <br /> <br />T"""... <br /> <br />TwnLakes <br /> <br />