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<br />< <br /> <br />Basin, John Martin Reservoir is storing well over five times the average for this date. Only the <br />Colorado and the combined San Juan, Animas, Dolores, and San Miguel basins are reporting <br />lower volumes than last year. Statewide, the June 1999 volumes are 105% of last year's. <br /> <br />Streamflow: Expected streamflow volumes are near to below average across the state. <br />The best runoff prospects are in the South Platte Basin, where volumes in the headwaters and <br />several Front Range tributaries are forecast to be above average. Near average volumes are <br />forecast throughout the Arkansas, Rio Grande, North Platte, Yampa, White and along the main <br />stem and upper reaches of the Colorado River. Elsewhere, forecasted volumes decrease to below <br />average. The Gunnison, San Miguel, Dolores, and San Juan basins can all expect volumes of70 <br />to 90 percent of average. <br /> <br />Drought Response Plan Inventory: Bill Stanton is conducting an informal survey of <br />water entities that provide 2,000 acre-feet or more of treated water to determine the extent of <br />drought planning in Colorado. The results will be presented at the Gunnison Water Workshop in <br />July. The title of our presentation is "Dust in the Wind: Can Existing Drought Plans Help Us <br />Survive Year 5 of the Next Big Dry Spell?" <br /> <br />Dam Site Inventory: In July, the Colorado Geologic Survey (CGS) began sharing its <br />expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with the CWCB to convert the location of <br />potential dam sites identified in the CWCB database into map coordinates. The objective is to <br />produce a series of county maps showing the aerial extent of potential new reservoir sites or <br />reservoir enlargements for use by county planning commissions in making land use decisions. <br /> <br />Front Range Shallow Aquifer Study: The CWCB and the Division of Water resources <br />arecO$ponsoring an Infrastructure Resources Project with the USGS entitled "Hydrologic <br />Characteristics of the Shallow Aquifers in the Boulder-Fort Collins-Greeley-Brighton Area of <br />the Colorado Front Range." Bill Stanton is the CWCB project manager. The first 2 1/2 years of <br />the three year project are now completed and the project remainS' on schedule and within budget. <br /> <br />Weather Modification Program: The Executive Director of the Department ofNaturaJ. <br />Resources delegated responsibility for managing the state's weather modification permit <br />program to the Director of the CWCB many years ago. Bill Stanton continues to do an excellent <br />job reviewing permit issues and organizing the permitting hearings. The attached table <br />summarizes the activity of all weather modification permits currently in force. Recently the _ <br />target area for the hail suppression demonstration project along the eastern edge of Yuma, Kit <br />Carson and Cheyenne counties was reduced when the Kit County commissioners decided to drop <br />out of the program. Colorado Southern Farms near Center, Colorado has recently requested two <br />new hail cannons and a change in location for two of their five existing hail cannons. <br /> <br />Summary of Active Weather Modification Permits <br /> <br /> <br />Western Weather <br />Consultants <br /> <br />(Eagle County) <br />Telluride Ski Area <br />(San Miguel County) <br /> <br />Improve Ski Conditions <br />and Snowpack <br />Augmentation <br /> <br />Ground Based <br />Generators <br /> <br />November 1 to <br />March 31 <br /> <br />8 <br />