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<br />1\ .J'~ c3"J <br />v' .... 'j <br /> <br />RIO GRANDE BASIN <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value of 1.4 indicates that for November <br />the basin water supplies were above normal. The Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service reports that December 1 <br />snowpack is 117% of normal. <br />Flow at the gaging station Rio Grande near Del <br />Norte averaged 200 cfs (70% of normal), The Conejos River <br />near Mogote had a mean flow of 60 cfs (61% of normal), In <br />general, stream flow in the basin remained significantly <br />below normal. Precipitation in Alamosa was only 0,05 inch <br />for the whole month, 0.38 inch below normal. <br />Storage in Platoro, Rio Grande, and Santa Marla <br />reservoirs totaled 85% of normal as of the end of November. <br /> <br />Outlook <br />Snowfall in the higher elevations was abundant <br />during the early part of the month, Snowpack was nearly <br />twice the normal level atthat point. However, it had dropped <br />back to near average as November came to a close. Still, <br />this represented a great improvement over last year, <br /> <br />Administrative / Manaaement Concerns <br />Colorado will once' again meet its annual delivery <br />requirement to the downstream states under the provisions <br />of the Rio Grande Compact. Water was diverted from <br />streams in the basin for irrigation and recharge purposes <br />during November, Recharge diversions provide a means to <br />reduce over-delivery and refill the. aquifers after the <br />abnormally high well withdrawais this past irrigation season, <br />Many area farms may be liquidated this winter due to <br />the extremely low crop'prices, Potato growers are especially <br />hard-hit. Those farmers able to survive this disastrous year <br />must consider growing alternative crops and/or acreage <br />reductions to reduce supply. <br /> <br />Public Use Impact <br />Wintertime activities got off to a fast start after the <br />early jump in the snowpack and the cold temperatures during <br />November, <br /> <br />...~ '{ <br /> <br />~ <br />~ , <br /> <br />w <br />~ <br />" , <br />~ <br />g. <br />~ <br /> <br />~,' <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />< <br /> <br /> <br />Dec-OO <br /> <br />RO GRAKlE BASIN S'^6I HSTCRf <br /> <br />-4 '_',n _'_"'___,_..."_,", .,," _",._'''___n.....'.___'''' -....- <br />Ja-Hll Ja>.92 Jln.83 .m-e4 Jln.95 .Jan.eS Jsl.m JnQl <br />...'.mil""'" <br /> <br />160,O:X> <br />ii 140,000 <br />'T <br />j 120,000 <br /> <br />~ 100,000 <br />~ <br />u. <br />~ "'.000 <br />:'i 6),000 <br />=> <br />" <br />B 40,000 <br /> <br />20,000 <br /> <br />.. <br />., <br />do <br />~ 15,CKX> <br />!i <br />~ <br />III 10,000 <br />" <br />~ <br />:J <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />,';' <br /> <br />RJO CRA.N::E I>R IE.N::RTE. FLON BY WA"Tffi YEAR <br /> <br /> <br />180,000 <br /> <br />t" <br /> <br />o <br />0:1 "'" <br /> <br />Cae Jal Feb MIt:h <br /> <br /> <br />-e-\^ET'(1967) <br /> <br />--tRV'(19n) -+-AVG ~2)01 <br /> <br />REPRESENTA TTvE RESERv'ORS <br /> <br />25,000 <br /> <br />20.000 <br /> <br /> <br />5,000 <br /> <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />aA\g.1~Ccntents <br /> <br />r.il1113MlO Ca'tera <br /> <br />~' , <br /> <br />.;',' ~.,' ,. , <br /> <br />. -'~'~"":">~ ;,k,' <br />