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9. GAGING STATIONS The U.S. Geological Survey operates eight gaging stations, included in Appendix B, under their "Collection of Basic Records" program and through funding agreements with the Corps of Engineers and the Administration. For the federal fiscal year October 1, 1988 to September 30, 1989 the Administration approved a cooperative agreement with the USGS in the amount of $22,750. The Administration contributed half of this total, an amount of $11,375 which was used for supplemental measurements at seven gaging sites, the operation of one station (Arkansas River near Granada, Colorado!. operation of a telemark gage at John Martin Dam, maintenance of radio equipment, and the preparation of records for this annual report. In general, streamflow records of satisfactory accuracy were obtained at the Compact stations. Emphasis was again placed on obtaining more field data, particularly in the form of discharge measurements at various stages of flow. Several more measurements were made at each site than are required under the USGS' agreement with the Administration. Measurements were also made by personnel of the Colorado State Engineer which were also incorporated into the records. There were no critical problems at the stations during the year, with the exception of the continuing unstable channels and controls. On June 30, 1970 the USGS complete record gage, Arkansas River at Garden City, Kansas, was converted to a high-flow, partial record gaging station. Until that time flow data at Garden City had been included in the Administration's annual reports. On October 1, 1986 the gage was restored to service as a complete record gaging station. _ _ The practice of reporting these flows is being resumed with this annual report and gage re"cords tor compact Years iSo7, i98o, dllU 1308 Ciil3 included as appendices B-8a, B-8b, and B-8c in this report for completeness. 22 ..~C.. ,,,.