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(::> - SUMMARY - ~ ..... ~ poo. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS SECRETARY TO THE ARKANSAS RIVER CCMPACI' ArMINISTRATION November 1, 1990 to October 31, 1991 Steven J. Wi t te '-:;" winter storage began in John Martin Reservoir at OObl hour, November 1, 1990. At that time the conservation pool was arq;>ty and the reservoir accounts contained 17,588.82 a.f. distributed as follows: 12,780.36 a.f. in Agreement Accounts and 4808.46 a.f. in the Permanent Recreation Pool. Adjustment of Agreement Accounts transferring excess water remaining in the Kansas Transit Loss Account at the end of the 89-90 compact year into Kansas and Colorado storage accounts was accomplished on November 1, 1990. Between the beginning of winter storage and 2400 hour March 31, 1991, 55,520.23 a.f. was stored. This water was allocated to various accounts as specified in the Operating Plan adopted by the Compact Adrrdnistration on April 14, 1980. During the period between 0001 hour April 1, 1991 and 2400 hour october 31, 1991 storage of 9500.56 a.f. occurred in John Martin Reservoir. Of this, 1852.4 a. f. accrued to the conservation pool in April and an additional 5665.73 a.f. was credited in July. These amounts were distributed to accounts according to the 1980 Operating Plan. The remainder consisted of; 78.62 a.f. stored in the Permanent Pool pursuant to the Adrrdnistration Resolution of August 14, 1976; 824.14 a.f. of Frying Pan-Arkansas Project water stored and subsequently released for the City of Lamar, Colorado under an agreement approved by the Compact Admistration; and 1079.67 a.f. stored pursuant to Article III of the 1980 Operating Plan. (Documentation relating to the Lamar operation is included as Section 2 of this report.) .'::;\ ~:~ t~ ,~:' " i;' :." At the close of the compact year, the reservoir accounts contained 8,386.58 a.f. which is approximately 9,200 a.f. less than on the same date last year and the lowest since 1979. Figure 1 (Section 1, pg. 2) illustrates end of month contents over the last four years. The summary tables I - VIII and XIII reflect the status of the various accounts during the year. Tables IX - XII describe releases that were made during the year. T'nese tables are found in section 3 of the report. Also included in Section 4 are daily accounting records by month for all accounts. A statement of expenses incurred by the Operations Secretary in FY 90-91 has been provided. (Section 1, pg. 4) (1)