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<br /> <br /> Active <br /> content <br /> Vega 33,000 <br />. Fruitgrowers* 4,500 <br /> Crawford 13,290 <br /> Rifle Gap* 12,168 <br /> Taylor Park* 106,200 <br /> 1,/ Silver Jack 12,820 <br /> Paonia 18,150 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />c' <br />CD <br />r-- <br />- <br />e <br />c:: <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> Drought Conditions <br />Western Colorado Reservoirs Content and Inflow <br /> September 1, 1977 <br />Present % Average % Average Present % Outlook <br />content total content ave. inflow inflow ave. % water sUPlllV <br />853~1 2 12,809 6 644 -72 9 Very poor <br /> 20% <br />588 13 515 114 706 0 0 Poor <br /> 40-50% <br />8951:/ 7 6,474 14 509 77 15 Very poor <br /> 35-40% <br />2,9612:'/ 24 4,648 63 563 232 41 Good <br /> 80% <br />53,181 50 86,490 61 7,391 3,290 44 '" <br />Fair .-i <br /> 50-60% <br />7212/ 6 6,011 12 2,045 2,567 125 Good <br /> 70-80% <br />690 4 7,864 9 1,479 404 26 Poor <br /> 40% <br /> <br />*Pumping plants supplement reservoir storage. <br />1/ Only two years at record used. <br />2/ Paonia Project stopped water releases around July 20. Collbran Project, Silt Project and Smith <br />Fork Projects stopped water releases in August - Normal irrigation season extends into October. Water <br />level approached top of intake structure with little hope for fall refill. Fearful of winter ice damage <br />if water level drawn down further. Maximum amount of water storage in anyone of these reservoirs 895 <br />acre-feet. <br /> <br />{ <br />i'l ; <br />:,j <br />./ <br /> <br />,i <br /> <br />------------- <br /> <br />