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<br />'l..,.~~n <br />.J..).. vV J <br /> <br />,. , "A <br /> <br />ARKANSAS BASIN <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value of 2.7 indicates that for May the <br />. basin water supplies were above normal. The Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service reports that June 1 <br />snowpack is 54% of normal. Flow at the gaging station <br />Arkansas River near Portland was 1,438 cfs, as compared to <br />the long-term average of 1,193 cfs, Storage in Turquoise, <br />Twin' Lakes, Pueblo, and John Martin reservoirs totaled <br />123% of normal as of the end of May, <br /> <br />Outiook <br />Dry conditions exist on many of the tributary areas in <br />the basin with only the most senior rights abie to divert <br />water, Timely storms have temporariiy lessened the impact <br />of dry conditions, <br /> <br />Administrative/Manaaement Concerns <br />If the dry weather trend continues, the potential is <br />high for a Water District 67 mainstem Arkansas River call <br />and Fountain Creek tributary call to control. <br /> <br />Public Use Impacts <br />Storms throughout the lower Arkansas River basin in <br />May were damaging, causing many irrigators to temporarily <br />stop irrigating, <br /> <br /><, <br /> <br />ARI<IWSAS Bo\SlN S\hS/ HSTar( <br /> <br /> <br />~ , <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />w' <br />3 <br />. <br />> . <br />x <br />w <br />C <br />~.1 <br /> <br />> <br />~" <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />..s -"-_.~~-" <br />.JtlrI.\l2.......93 JIn.94 Jln.95 Ja1-96 ~.......98 Jln.\lIl JIIHXI JnOI <br />"",,""EAR <br /> <br />ARI<A.NSOS RIVe{ f\R Faffi.AI'.O, FlDN BY WATER YEJl.R <br /> <br /> <br />1~CXXJ <br /> <br />_. .. - <br /> . <br /> V <br /> / <br /> / <br /> / /' / <br /> /: '/ <br /> <br />j1.00J,COO <br />~ <br />. <br />~ <br />~ BOO,COO <br />9 <br />~ <br />w 6OO,COO <br />" <br />5 <br />~ 400,0)) <br />:0 <br />" <br /> <br />2OO,CXXJ <br /> <br />o <br />()j N:l\I ~ Jan FebMarchPpiI Mly..kr6 My />qJ Sap! <br /> <br />-El-V\lET(1984) <br /> <br />--CAY(19n) <br /> <br />__AVG <br /> <br />*,2001 <br /> <br />REPRESENTATlVE RESEfMJlRS <br /> <br />100,000 <br /> <br />160,000 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />"'''''' <br /> <br />~120,OOO <br />. <br />u <br />111.100000 <br />i!i. . <br />~ <br />ii5 00,00} <br />'" <br />D <br />~ 00,000 <br /> <br />4O,OOJ <br /> <br />,",,", <br /> <br />Jch1lv'ertin <br /> <br />"""" <br />. A....g. 05'31 CcRents <br /> <br />Tl.I1p:ise <br />ril05'311tJ1Ccr1lelts <br /> <br />Tv.inJ.Mr.es <br /> <br />':,-. <br /> <br />,..-",,; , <br />