WSP02611

• File Number: 8111.600
• Description: ARCA Annual Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 12/22/1953
• Author: ARCA
• Title: Fifth Annual Report Arkansas River Compact Administration for the Year 1953
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

The radio equipment bdow John Martin D;m1 ilnd at the Stiltcline
stations opcrilted satisf;u.:rorilr c.\:ccpt for occ;lsion;fl periods of <l. uay
or two. The general satisfactory performance of this equipment and
the necessity for more frequent gage reports from the inflow stations
during flood periods points to the desirability of installing similar equip-
ment at the stations on the Arkansas and Purgatoire Rivers at Las
Anim:ls. Such installations should be made 'when funds become. ;lv:lihbk.

!J. FiPJdings of Fact by the Administration

(a) The Administration at a Special Meeting, called for the pur-
pose on April 2, 1953, considered the short water supply and the time
of notification to the State Engineer of Colorado under Art. VF of
the Compact. As a result of such considcrlltion the Administrrltioll
pas..c:.ed a resolution giving notice to the State Engineer n{ Color,lelo of
the impending exhaustion of water in the cClnscrv;ltinn pool stating the
date of April 13, 1953, on which to administer the decreed rights
nf the water users in Colorado. This date W;lS modified on April 11,
1953, to read April 14, 1953, and again modified on April 13, 1953.
to read April 15, 195:;' The reservoir was declared officially empty ;It
,:35 P.M. April 13, 1953.

(b) On July 13, 1953, the Administration gave notice to the State:
Engineer of ColoraJo thllt itS of "2 :00 P.M. that date thac was .5tofl~d
18,980 acrc~feet of water in the rcservuir ;lI1J that water was ilvaibblc
in the conservation pool for release to \vater users in Kansts ;\I1d Colo-
rado Water District No. f.7 in accordance with the Compacr.

(c) On July 17, {()S3, the Administrlltion ;lg;Jin m;IJc Findings
;lI1d gave Notification under provisions of the Compact that, as of the
date July 21, 1953, the ueLrC'cd rights of the v,later users in the Stilte
of Colorado should be administered \.lI1dcr the tams of the Comp:let.
This date was modified on July 20, 1953 to read July 25, 1953 and
again modified on July 24, 1953 to reau July 27, 11).13. The rcs.:r\'oir
was declared officially empty at 3:00 A.M, July 30, 1953,
The above Findings .1I1d Nmifications arc attached hereto in Ap-
pendix C,

]0. Changes in Persoll"el of Admillistratioll

Following the death of Clifford H. Stone, Ocwhcr 22. llJ52, Gov-
ernor Dan Thornton of Colorado ;q)pointcd R. M. Gildersleeve as
Acting Din.::ctor of the Colorado Water COl1scrv;Ltion Board. By virtue
of that appointment, Mr. Gildersleeve \Vas ;t member of the Adminis-
tr:ltion from November I, 19.12 to Fehruilry 28, 1953.

Ivan C. CrawforJ was appointt:u Director of the Colorildo W,lter
Conscrvation Bo,lrJ of Governor Dan Thornton on March I 1953
and has been a member of the AJminisrratiLHl :,in..:c that (l.1t~. Th~
uther Colorado representatives were reappointed hy Gowrnor Dim
Thornton on May 27, 1953.

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