WSP03686

• File Number: 8111.600
• Description: ARCA Annual Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 12/10/1957
• Author: ARCA
• Title: Ninth Annual Report Arkansas River Compact Administration for the Year 1957
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

S. Gaging Stations
Stn~ilm,fluw nxurds ut satisfactory a.:cur;Lcy \vere obtained at all
the Compact gagmg st;ltlons. Howl:vcr, shifting of thl' channels on the
Arkans;lS ami Purgatoire Rlvers 11C;!f Las Animas h;ls increased the
Jdficulty of lllaillt;l~ning current st,lge-disch;\rgc relations for opef.ltion.
Th~sc two sites wil! be investigated for possible mlprovement of the
ul15ta~lc conditions.
Although the r.idio stdge reporting cLJUlpment opcntcd s.ttisfac-
tnrily this ye;lr, the equipment is now obsolete as well dS seriously worn.
The cljuipment shoulJ be replaced in the 1()60 tiscal year. No definite
;t\:tiOll h;ls bl'en taken to install stage reportlllg equipment ;It the t\V()
inflow gages. This action should be considered again when the (l!d r;lditl
equipment is replaced.
The Administr;ttiQn has continued to cUlltributl' S50U annu:llly to
;lssist till' U. S. Geologica! Survey in nper;\tmg the comp;tct g,Lgin~
stations.

9. Findings of Fact b)' tire AdmiHistratiulI
(a) The Adrnlllistn.tlOll. in ;h.:..:orclanc~~ with Art1..:k IV, SectIon
.' (b) ut tIll' By-LlV',1S. (ul1::.iJereJ by tch:pJll)n~ un April 18th, 1957,
the yuestiun of tindlllg the Reservuir empty of WIlHer stored \',';ltt:r am!
giving N,-,ti..:c to tht:. State EnginclC:r lA Cllk,raL!u that prillTlty ,hJml11i.-;tr,l'
tiun wl)uld cllllllllen..:c on April2!), 1957. AS:l result elt ;\tiirm,ltiw ;lct1(1!l
taken this date, the State Engineer uf Colorado was notified th,1[, 011
April 20. 1957, unless a change (If comlitions Justified cancclbtion or
modific.ltion ut th;tt nonce. pnoTlty .lclmmlstr,1tlon should commence, and
decreed rights uf w;lter users in Color;ldo would be ;tdministercd hy
Colorado under Article V F of thc Arkansas River Compact.
The Reservoir W<lS emptied April 22, 1957 ;tt 8:30 p.m.
(b) Gener;Li rains throughout the Arkansas V.tlley un M;lY 15th
and 16th causeJ flood conditions in many of the side streams from
Pueblo to Lam;lr. Reports by the: Water CClrnmissiuner in Distri...::t No. 17
were to the effect that 24.000 c.f.s. had pa5sed the Oxford Dam. Streams
below C<lddoa \V~re furnishing water to District No. 67 ;tnd to K:msas.
The gates un Caddoa Dam \\;Cre closed at ():45 a.m.. M;I)' }()th, 1957.
A special telephonic meeting of the Administration was held on
M;LY 16, 1957 in accordance with Article IV. Section 3 (h) of the By-
Laws. On this date the Administration fOllnd that tl1L're W.lS water III
the cnns~rv;ltion pool available for release to Watcr D1.strict (l7 and to
Kansa5 ;lI1d notice v....as giwn to the St;He Engineer of Cll!or;ld0 as
proviJeJ for in Article V F of the Arbns;ls River Comp:\ct.
ThL' ;tbove Find1l1gs :lnLl Notifications ,1,,1crc in form ~imibr to
those published in the Fihh Annual Arbns;ls Riwr Comr:lct Admini.s-
tr:ltion RqK1rt of 195\ AppenJix C.

10. Changes in Person"el
Hans Kramer, Brig. Gen., U.S.A., Re.t., v..'hu h;\d sc.rveJ as eh:llr-
man nf the Compact Commis5ion during the dr;{fting of the Arkans:ls
River Comract, :lnd ;lS Chairm;tn ;lI1d Represcnt;ltive (If the United

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