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<br />cnrrclltiof'tS of 5trc~mflow ~nd related data.. Under the By.laws <br />of the Administration, these cooperative studies and activities <br />:m: ;l.':$lgncd to the Engineering Committee of the Adminis~ <br />tration. <br /> <br />(b) <br /> <br />During'.~'thc year covered by this rcport, the Administr:1tion <br />ha.... reCl'ivC9 excellent cooperation from all ag~ncies rdcrrcd <br />to in the "foregoing provisions of the Compact. The Corps of <br />Engineers continw;d to operate John Martin Reservoir in ac' <br />cerda nee with the terms of the Compact and thl;" orders of the <br />Administr.ltion. The United States Geolngical Survey has <br />continued the operation of the Gompact gaging stations ;,nd the <br />;lllalyscs <lOci compilation of hydrnlogic data presented in this <br />rcport anclu."cd in the administration of thc Cornr:lct. <br /> <br />I~ <br /> <br />7. Watt'T SUpfJly, ReJenloir OperRfion and Hydrologic Data <br /> <br />A.t thl' hcgmning of th~ Comp.1Lt Yeil r, J,)hn Mutin Res~rvoir <br />\\';J,S CJ11!'ty. \Vintn stur;l~C hcg,ln with tht..' ck,~ing uf the gates at 1 :00 <br />p.m. ....n Decemner 7, 196~. TIy tlw t'nd (!f the winter stor:lg2. pericd on <br />M,Hi.:h 31. 1964, w;Hl~r in the reservoir h:ld accumul:Hcd to 9, 1 0'7 acre- <br />feet. ThIS was the fntJnh smalle.c;r winter g:lin in :: 1 yc:ns. Th(" gat~s <br />fl.:unincJ do~d thrvugh April 6, li)<~4, at which time there \.\.Tere 9.665 <br />:lcrc-ket in storage. <br /> <br />Release of stored water \\:<lS hegul1 :It S:30 ;1.I11. UIl April 7, 1964, <br />(0 meet the demands of both CO!clr;:HJo and Kans;ls. Releases continued <br />llntil the reservoir was decbred emptY:1t 11 :~O r.m. on Aprilll, 1964. <br /> <br />River flow W\l..5 p:15.."Cd through the reservoir until 4 :30 p.m. on <br />May 29. 1964, when the gates were closed to store runoff from heavy <br />rains. The water accunllllCltcJ m 5toragc retlched a maximum of 13,014 <br />acrc~fect at midnight on June 17, 196..1-. Reh::1ses were begun at 8 :00 a.m. <br />(In Junc 18, 1964, to meet demands of both states and continued until <br />the reservoir w<'ts declared empty :"\t '7 :00 p.m. on June '24. 1964. The <br />reservoir remained empty the rcm:lindcr of the year. <br /> <br />Durmg the two brid p("rinds \vhcn storage rcle:lses were' made from <br />John Martin Reservoir, daily ~tatcline flows wcre insufficient to meet <br />Kansils requests for water. ACLumulatl'd deliveries :It the stateline <br />;imounted to 80 per cent and 76. p~r Lent respectively of corresponding <br />Kansas demands. <br /> <br />fntlow into John Martin Reservoir Juring the irrigation :>cason. <br />tot:lllcu 33,760 Jcre-feet which was the second lowest summer infl(lw <br />since 1949~50 and only 24 pn cent of the fiftcen~ycilr aver:lge. <br /> <br />Total diversions downstream from John Martin Rcservoir April 1 <br />through October 31, 1964, by the Jiteh,::s in Colorado Water District <br />No. 67 were: 52,114 acrc-feet. Ditch diversions in Kan~.1:-; for the stlme <br />period amounted to 35,063 acre-feet. <br /> <br />.9 <br />