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<br />!'\~"9~) <br />:." i '.J <br />... ..J..... '" -..4 <br /> <br />COLORADO BASIN <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value of -3.0 indicates that for June the <br />basin water supplies were below normal. Flow at the gaging <br />station Colorado River near Dotsero was 2,395 cfs, as <br />compared to the long-term average of 5,928 cfs. Storage in <br />Green Mountain, Ruedi, and Wiiliams Fork reservoirs totaled <br />9.7% of normal as of the end of June. <br /> <br />Outlook <br />Among the major reservoirs only Dillon and Vega <br />Reservoirs have filled and spilled. Ruedi, Granby, Williams <br />Fork, Woiford, and Green. Mountain Reservoirs are not <br />anticipated to fill this year. "Monsoonal" weather patterns <br />finally started at the end of June, brining much needed <br />showers into early July. <br /> <br />Administrative/Manallement Concerns <br />Each spring the U.S. Fish & Wiidlife Service <br />establishes a minimum target flow for the 15-Mlte Reach (Le. <br />the Colorado' River from Palisade to the mouth of the <br />Gunnison River) depending on anticipated runoff. So far this <br />year, the target flow of 810 cfs has been met. <br />The junior Shoshone power plant call was initiated <br />on June 30. Neither the senior Shoshone call nor the Cameo <br />irrigation call has been placed yet this year. <br /> <br />Public Use Imoacts <br />Low flows on the Colorado River between Kremmling <br />and Dotsero have caused concern among many private <br />boaters and commercial rafting companies that like to use <br />that stretch of the river. . <br /> <br />Jul,01 <br /> <br /> <br />COLOAADO BASIN SWSI HlSTOR'{ <br /> <br />5 __ .... _."...m.."'..m._..._n__' ." .... . m...., ......... . "__"_"__' __m__ .--.-,- <br /> <br />e <br />w <br />. , <br /> <br />w <br />0, <br />~ <br />x <br />w, <br />~ <br /> <br />:~: <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />. <br />JIn.82 Ja>.ll3 J<n.94 JIMlS.Ja'I.96 Jwl.97 Js1.98 Jon.99 ~ ~ <br />"JM'"_ <br /> <br />~'R'vffi1'R~R.ONBY'W\lm~ <br /> <br /> . . <br />. V ;:;- <br /> / <br /> . / <br /> ~ --- <br /> / <br /> ~ /' <br /> - <br /> <br />3,€OO,cro <br /> <br />~OCJJ.rro <br />1l <br />~z"",rro <br />.'/ <br />~2,0CX),(XX) <br />o <br />~ <br />u. <br />~ '.<m,rro <br />~ <br />~ 1,(0),00) <br />:> <br />() <br /> <br /> <br />!DJ.<m <br /> <br />o <br />Q;t ,." Ole Ja1 fob Mml""" ""'..1m JUy "" SeIt <br /> <br />-e-V\ET(1984) <br /> <br />-+-rRr'(1977) <br /> <br />-+-AVG <br /> <br />*:llO1. <br /> <br />140,cm <br /> <br /> <br />REPRESENTATIVE RESER\()lRS <br /> <br />12<\<m <br /> <br />ll'lXl<m <br />.,. <br />" <br />" <br />III 00,<:00 <br />,; <br />E <br />Vl 60,00:1 <br />:1l <br />m <br />~ 40,(00 <br /> <br />lO,rro <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />"""'- <br /> <br />"-"<I <br /> <br />WlIiarreFOO<. <br />1i!!I000000000Ccttents <br /> <br />IIA\g. 00'30 Ordents <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />-'.---,,, <br /> <br />