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AIIUAL REPORT FOR 1963 was 91,970 a.t. or 12,160 a.t. more than the measured inflow. This is the accretion of smal11nflows along 20 miles of tbe ArkanBas aod rUD- art from Rule Creek. Our Reservotr sy~lem has been maintained in good working condWon, and would 'be able to store a lot at water if It was availa,b.le. Only about 10.000 a.t. of storage below Pueblo is earlier than the Great PlatDs. This year, very BLUe water wa.s available in the Arkansas and most of the time it was called for d.irect irrigation. Direct flow dema'ods for irrigation water has all but elimin- ated the opportunity for wInter storage. There is DO Question bur that much of this water Is wasted in severe weather. Ditches are Ice.d aDd highways flooded. The State Engineer or the Supreme Court should be asked to clarity .beneticial uses of this winter water. The ditches in District No. 67 diverted 84.900 acre feet dur- Ing the irrigation season and 10,36,0 acre feet during the winter stor- age period. The State Line flow amounted to 33,250 acre feet in the five winter monlhs and 3'4,680' &'Cre teet (rom April 1 to Nov.!. Up- stream diversions ot Arkansas River water below Pueblo amounted to 187,760 8.cre feet during the five winter months and 259,240 acre leet from April 1 to November 1. River flow with large fluctu.atiaDs such as we had thIs year when water was available create prOblems in dlstrlhution that are not present when a controlled su.pply is available from the Reservoir. Your patience and cooperatlon was appreciated, by the op.erating personnel In dIstributing what was availalble to the best advantage. A report on a stUdy of depletion of river by stock ponds has been made -to the Arkansas River Compact Administration. It was found that 697 stock ,ponds ",,'ith an average capacity of 3.1 .a.1. and total capacity of 1,906 a:f. had been constructed in water district No. 67. Upstream there .were 300 with .a total capacity of 1.352 a.f., in District No. 14 and 299 with a total catmclty of 1,024 a:f. In DIstrict No. 17. Other Btock ponds on the Arkansas water shed number 1,481 and have a capacit.y of approximately 4,000 a.t. These all have a d~Unlte effect on run otf at certain times but pr()bably no more than cOntour listing ot cultivated areas and subsoillng of pasture land. Because ot the agitation for the creation of a permanent pool In John MarUn Re.servolr your Superintendent and Directors have made a study at some ot the prOblems that would confront water users be- low the dam. Losses In evaporation, Bedlmentatlon and difficulties of administration are staggering. We are convinced that if the propon. eMs would m8Jk.e .a like study they WOUld not support the Permanent 1'<>01. During the lut four .years of low nows on the Arkansas R1ver the outflows ot the Reservoir have exceeded the inflows by very 8u.bstantlal amounts. Inflows to the Reservoir are caretully measured. at Las Anlmas .aDd Jlkewise the outtlo".s are measured b€low the Dam. Water which orIgln.ates in the area between Las Animas and the ReservoIr is Dot measured. .In 196.0 inflows to the Reservoir amounted to 102,990 a.t. and the outflow 117,700 a.t. River accretIons In the Reservoir area 14,710 a.t. In 1961, Inflows 136,460 a.f. outflow 147.700 I.t. Accretions 11,360 a.t. In 1'96'2, Inflows 124,300 a.t. and outflow8 1.9,600 a.f. Accretions 26,200 a.t. In 1963 the outflows exceeded the Inflow by 12.160 a.f. During years of larger inflows and greater stOl"" age In John Martin there ls undoubtedly large quantIties at water not measured at the two gauges at Las Animas. The accrettons are harder .Pa,a 4_