WSP00205

• File Number: 8111.600
• Description: ARCA Annual Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 5/1/1984
• Author: ARCA
• Title: Thirty-Fifth Annual Report Arkansas River Compact Administration for the Year 1983
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

gaging stations and the analysis and compilaton of the
hydrologic data presented in this report and used in the ad-
ministration of the Compact.
(c) The Corps of Engineers conlinued to operate the conservation
pool of John Martin Reservoir in accordance with the terms of
the Compact and the orders of the Administration. A new area
capacity table. for John Martin Reservoir was issued by the
Army Corps 'of Engineers and put into effect August 12, 198t.

8. Water Supply, Reservoir Operations and Hydrologic Data:
The 198.1 Arkansas River Compact year and the winter storage
season for John Marlin Reservoir began at 0001 hours November I,
1982 with 12,241.0 acre-feet in the reservoir distributed as follows:
Agreement Accounts ~ 8,B66.8 a.f.
Permanent Pool ~ 3,3'74.2 a.f.
Winter Storage ended at 1636 hours on May 18, 1983 with a total of
114,516.47 a.f. stored during this period in the following accounts:
Compact Water .. 90,539.47 a.f.
Amity Winter Water 23,9'77.00 a.f. .
Following the transfer of the stored inflows to John Martin
Reservoir into the agreement accounts in accordance with the
operating Plan, adopted April 24, 1980, the allocation of the reservoir
~nlenllnlt2400 hours May 18, 1983 were as follows:
Agreement Accounts" 91,661.95 a.f."
CompactWaler 0 a.f.
Amity Winter Water 0 a.f.
Permanent Pool 3,006.42 a.f.

94,668.3'7 a.f.
Summer storage period began at 1636 hours May 18, 1983. At that
time the Conservation Pool was empty. During the summer season
inflow to the Conservation Pooltot8lled 210,438.72 a.f. This total, minus
~vaporation losses, was all released into accounts in accordance with
the Operating Plan, adopted April 24, 1980. The Conservation Pool was
empty at 2400 hours, October 31, 1983. The .summer operations of the
Conservation Pool are tabulated as follows:

Contents, A.F. Contents,
Beginning Date Inflow Evaporation Release A.F. End
Shown A.F. A.F. A.F of Month
o 3,262.20 0 2,852.92 409.28
409.28 113,016.59 574.94 69,563.51 43,287.42
43,287.42 77,428.18 1,964.57 76,860.78 41,890.25
41,890.25 16,731.75 556.43 58,005.57 0
'0 0 0 0 0
00000
210,438.72 3,095.94 207 ,342.78

May 18
June I
July I
Aug. I
Sept. I
Oct. I
TOTALS

"includes :
Kansas Account
KanSas Transit Loss Account
Colorado Ditches Accounts
..includes carryover from previous year

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