WSP01515

• File Number: 8111.600
• Description: ARCA Annual Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 12/9/1980
• Author: ARCA
• Title: Thirty-Second Annual Report Arkansas River Compact Administration for the Year 1980
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

been enclosed by a fence. An appropriate sign perpetuates this bit of
Americana for posterity.

7. Cooperative Studies and Activities:
la) Article VIII G (I) of Arkansas Riyer Compact requires the
Administration to cooperate with the Chief Official of each of
the states of Colorado and Kansas charged with the ad-
ministration of water rights in their respective States, and with
the Federal agencies in systematically determining and
correlating the facts pertaining to the flow and diversion of the
water of the Arkansas River and to the operation and siltation oC
John Martin Reservoir and other related structure. Article VIII
G (2) requests the Director of the United States Geological
Survey. the Commissioner of the United States Bureau oC
Reclamation, and the Chief of the Engineers, United States
Army, to cooperate and collaborate with the Administration and
with appropriate State officials in such determinations and
correlations of stream now and related data, Under the By-
Laws of the Administration, these cooperative studies and ac-
tivities are assigned to the Engineering Committee of the
Administration.
Ib) During the year covered by this report the Administration has
received excellent cooperation from all agencies referred to in
the foregoing provisions of the Compact. The United States
Geological Survey has continued the operation of the compact
gaging stations and the analysis and compilalion of the
hydrologic data presented in this report and used in the ad-
ministration of the Compact. The Corps of Engineers continued
to operate the conservation pool of"John Martin Reservoir in
accordance with the terms of the Compact and the orders of the
Administration.

8, Water Supply. Reservoir Operation, and Hydrologic Data:
The winter storage season for John Martin Reservoir began at 0001
hours November 1, 1979 with an empty Conservation Pool and 5040
acre.feet stored in the accounts for Colorado and Kansas pursuant to
the March, 1979 Colorado-Kansas StoraKe Resolution. When the winter
storage period ended at 2400 hours March 31, 1980, there were 41,496
acre.feet in the reservoir with 19,162.27 A.F. allocated to the con-
servation pool, 4,676.97 A.F. allocated to the various accounts
(agreement water) and 17,656.76 allocated to the Amity-Great Plains
winter storage accoWlt. The Amity winter water was transferred into
the Amity account on April 7, 1980, pursuant to the new storage
resolution agreed upon by the states.
An Interim Operating Plan for Jo~n Martin Reservoir was adopted
March 21, 1980 as the 1979 resolution was about to expire. This gave the
Arkansas River Compact Administration time to rinalize a new and
more comprehensive storage resolution, which resolution was adopted
on April 24. 1980,
This new resolution, herein referred to as the 19~(J Colorado-Kansas
Storage Resolution, continued the Colorado water district 67 and
Kansas accounts which receive water transferred from conservation
storage. In addition, it established accoWlts for the Fort Lyon and Las
Animas Consolidated Canal Companies which allow use by way of
exchange, and a transit loss accoWlt to assist delivery to Kansas.

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