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~J<:f;~,'< .,,:;:>-,(:~.:kj~~~~;:Eiti!~ii11l~ifii~~~,}){?;ti0:i~~~~~j~lji:~4iii~~,iti~;~:1-~~~~ti~~&f;;j;:.:. In 1968, tbe Directors aulborized the printing of Brochure No, 6, which was prepared from material furnished by the Division Engineer, for Division 2. It is a complete compilation of all decrees on the rnainstem of the Arkansas River, showing the date of the decree and the amount. Also included are excerpts from the Colorado State Statutes, setting fortb exactly how the native waters of the Arkansas River are administered, along with charts showing total precipitation, yearly transmountain diversions, yearly ditch diversions, river flow at major Arkansas River Gaging Stations, and transmission losses along the Arkansas River. The Brochure was designed to help reduce the mis- understanding which existed among water users along the nearly 300 miles of the Arkansas River, Prior to the distribution of Brochure No.6, it was difficult for the individual water user to obtain information on aU of the decrees on the River, and to understand exactly how the Division Engineer and his individual Commissioners were regulating the flow. . . . . PRECIPITATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, CROPS t EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, PHREATOPHYTES t SIDE ..., INFLOW ::i ... ~ '... . t . EVAPORATION t t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,. -. t . . . .' , . . . , FLOW roWARDh ... ., ... . .$'!I6:AII~..:.R"liir~ifi'4riw .. ."'~.. .7'O.S7'REAJI.. I.. ... HYDROLOGIC CYCLE This artist's concept describes a typical River Basin, such as the Arkansas River Basin in Colorado, where a portion of the "Hydrologie Cycle" is depicted, The same procedure existJ between the oceans and major bod- ies of water, whit:h et'aporate large amounts of water each year. This moisture forms into clouds, which create snow and rain. Water from these storm.s, not utilized by crops, human beings, or evaporation, ultimately returns to the oceans, and the process starts all over again. The pro- gram is further amplified through the use of pumps, which draw water from the ground water basins, and place it upon the ground. Some percolates back into the ground, while the remainder is utilized by crops, or evaporates to form precipitation again, This cycle occurs all over.the Earth, and is the key to the utilization of the limited water resources by the ever increasing population, ~, l ., . :':~;'~;;~:;':::~?'~\. "::: .~:. ~-~: ~.~..:> .....~. ......... "r .:~~;;.,: '::'._':?"""': ',. . .'-~ . .....:.-.. ...,,;~. .. . ~ .. . . .' .,.. ';..;. I,'.: . . -. .1:'~.' ./~.; ~, -~ :.:- <:.... '., ':' .:":; :;' .-".'-' o o Ci.) ~ o Q Brochures printed in 1967 include: Brocbure No, 1, Colorado State Laws Governing Water Conservancy Dis. tricts; No, 2, Operating Principles of tbe Fryingpan.. Arkansas Project; No_ 3, Contract between the United States and the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District; No.4, Glossary of Common Water Resources Terms; and No.5, the Fryingpan.Arkansas Project and its Structure. Copies of these Brochures can he obtained free of charge, by writing the Southeastern Colorado Water Consevsncy District, P,O. Box 440, Pueblo, Colo. rado 81002, , GAGING STATIONS The Southeastern Colorado W ster Conservancy Dis. trict has cooperated with the State Engineer'B Office and the U.S, Geological Survey in River Gaging Station pro- grams for 8 number of years, and in 1968, the Board authorized the expenditure of funds to provide for the maintenance of a Gaging Station at the mouth of the Apishapa River, and the moving of the telemetering sta. tion from below Pueblo to Pueblo proper, The District slso reads the Gaging Stations at Wellsville and Canon City. during the irrigation season, and makes these read- ings available to State Agencies and water user associa- tions. During the past year Officials from the District worked with the State Engineer's Office in determining locations for additional Gaging Stations, which will assist in the better regulation of the waters of the Arkansas River, and particularly the accounting for the Fryingpan- Arkansas Project water, when it is introduced into the River system in 1971. A network of telemetered Gaging Stations is the only way water Officials can accurately read individual sec- tions of the River, and thereby provide distribution of waters according to State Law. PROJECT WATER ALLOCATION It is anticipated that the first Fryingpan.Arkansas Project Water will be available to the Southeastern Colo- rado Water Conservancy District for resale in 1971, and during 1968, the members of the Board of Directors de- voted a great deal of time developing a formal Water Allocation Policy. Fourteen original provisions were ap' proved on February 15, and amended on April 18 and June 20, At that time, copies of the Water Allocation Pro- cedures, along with Water Inventory Questionnaires, were sent to every decree holder within the confines of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. The purpose of the Inventory Questionaire is to establish an exact accounting procedure of exiBting water rights, historic uses, and anticipated needs for Project water. Once Project water is available, each eligible cus- tomer will receive a Water Allocation Fonn early in the ..;~7~: ;.....:::~. ':" ~<./:<<r:~ >:;r',::~;.~.,,::-';'-:::':' ;:--;?";:f: .~... .:..:. <::~.. . " , .. ..:.':....; .. . ,~. .:. -, '.'-1 -. ~:.: .... . ..... ~>.. " '..' ".;:;..:-':.',:. . 'r. '.':~ :'-";:';..-:.' .<~.<<~ ..,. ,. .,. .'.. ,:....... ..,":. ~;~. : :::..:~ .: ," .,.., ;.. ....; ~. .::.,.; .. (; .'~. :;' ~'--:-. t.:... ~.'.. '.. :.." '" '-:-:.'::.. .... ~.>.. ;... 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