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<br />ARKANSAS BASIN <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value of -2.1 indicates that for April the <br />basin water supplies were below normal. The Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service reports that May 1 <br />snowpack is 98% of normal. Flow at the gaglOg statIon <br />Arkansas RIver near Portland was 391 cfs. as compared to <br />the long-term average of 448 cfs. Storage in Turquoise, Twin <br />Lakes. Pueblo, and John Martin reservOirs totaled 51% of <br />normal as of the end of April <br />Due to heavy spring preclpltahon In April, both the <br />snowpack and the surface water supply increased <br />significantfy throughout the ArXansas River Basin. River <br />calls were changed to water rights more junior than have <br />been seen at this time in the irrigation season for several <br />years April precipitation produced flows on Fountain Creek <br />which contributed to improVed ArXansas River condillons <br />downstream from Pueblo ReservOir Improvement in the <br />storage level of Trinidad Reservoir occurred in April, due to <br />the heavy spring snow and rains. <br /> <br />Administrative/Management Concerns <br />A delivery of water to Kansas from John Martin <br />ReservOir thai was initiated in late March ended on Sunday. <br />April 11, 2004 <br /> <br />May-04 <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br /> <br /> ,. <br /> " <br />t <br />, " <br />, <br />n <br />, <br />. <br /> ,. <br /> - - - -- - - .... ...." -<II _ <br /> ..-..... <br /> ~ H",fJ~ I>R I'UmHO. R.CW B'I' \l'IITm \'EAR <br /> ..~ <br /> <br />]'iHml <br />I <br />lm~1 -+ /, <br />~zc.an, <br />~;m(J]), .i /! <br />~ ~1/ <br />~ ~~. <br />~l~o:m. . _~. _. <br />~ ..------- ~~ -- <br />allJlo:m: ----=:~----"- <br />Slo:m~f t ----'- <br />O. <br />'" <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />0< <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />M~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />"" <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />