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iT r ~ I --- HIGHLIGHTS OF 1979 OPERATION. Winter precipitation was above normal for nearly all watersheds within the Western Division System. Water. supply runoff forecasts on February 1 and April 1 indicated above-normal runoff for nearly all areas .of the Western Division System reflecting above-normal snowpacks. In early April, the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District declared a supplemental water allotment of 60 percent, or 186,000 acre-feet, for the season on the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. Much above-normal precipitation was recorded over the Colorado- Big Thompson Project service area during May which delayed and reduced the need for supplemental water. North Platte Pathfinder and Guernsey storage water ownership account filled on May 30. North Platte River Basin water year runoff was .108 percent of normal for the Pathfinder'Watershed and only 48 percent of nor- mal for the Guernsey' Watershed. With poor summer precipitation and runoff conditions in the Bighorn River Basin of Wyoming, neither Boysen Reservoir or Buffalo Bill Reservoir filled during the year. A total of 63,400 acre-feet of water was released through the Pathfinder Dam river outlet needle valves during August to meet irrigation demands below Guernsey Reservoir. The Kendrick Project stored in excess of 295,300 acre-feet under its storage water ownership account during the year. End-of-year storage water ownerships were above normal on all projects except the Glendo Unit in Wyoming. The April 1 runoff forecasts prepared by the Water Scheduling Division were considered excellent, inflows to West Slope reservoirs in Colorado were within 5 percent and inflows to North Platte River reservoirs were within 1 percent. 5