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<br />Mn':3! <br /> <br />addresses surface water in relationship to Reclamation projects; it does not <br />attempt to assess ground water concerns, <br /> <br />This report summarizes the drought conditions that occUlTed in many areas of the <br />Reclamation West during water year 1990-from October I, 1989, through <br />September 30, 1990, Where information is available, some generalized predictions <br />about the outlook for water supply in 1991 are provided, (For some Reclamation <br />projects, reservoir operating plans for 1991 will not be prepared until after this <br />report is published; therefore, the information herein may not represent the actual <br />operating plans.) Next winter's precipitation patterns cannot be predicted with <br />any degree of certainty; therefore, any predictions in this document should be <br />treated as "educated guesses," based upon current conditions and the conditions <br />expected if the winter season has high, average, or low precipitation, <br /> <br />The reader is cautioned that this report summarizes water supply conditions at <br />some selected Reclamation projects; not all projects are represented, Projects were <br />selected for inclusion in this document based upon the availability of data and the <br />severity of potential impacts from drought, Further, the conditions of water <br />supply do not necessarily correlate to the water demand from each project. Some <br />projects are able to provide an adequate water supply for all needs even when <br />reservoir storage appears to be particularly low, Therefore, water conditions must <br />be examined in context of demand from each project, and comparisons between <br />projects are not always appropriate, As a general rule of thumb, each project <br />should be compared to its own historical record to determine the severity of water <br />supply shortages, More detailed information about specific projects is available <br />from Reclamation's regional offices: <br /> <br />Pacific Northwest Regional Office <br />John W, Keys, III, Regional Director <br />Box 043 - 550 West Fort Street <br />Boise, Idaho 83724-0043 <br /> <br />Lower Colorado Regional ()ffice <br />Edward M. Hallenbeck, <br />Regional Director <br />P,O, Box 427 <br />Boulder City, Nevada 89005 <br /> <br />Mid-Pacific Regional Office <br />Lawrence F, Hancock, <br />Regional Director <br />2800 Cottage Way <br />Sacramento, California 95825-1898 <br /> <br />Upper Colorado Regional Office <br />Roland Robison, Regional Director <br />P,O, Box 11568 <br />Salt Lake City, Utah 84147 <br /> <br />Great Plains Regional Office <br />Rogcr K. Patterson, Regional Director <br />P,O, Box 36900 <br />Billings, Montana 59107-36900 <br /> <br />2 <br />