WSP04304

• File Number: 8103.400
• Description: Arkansas River Compact
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 4/4/1970
• Author: Unknown
• Title: A Recreation Pool for John Martin Reservoir
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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1, RECRE:NI'ION POOl, FOR JOHN Hl"RTIN RESERVOIR
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By Duane D. Heltonl

May 4, 1970

This present.ation is a. study of the case history of

attemp-ts to establish a permanent, recreation pool in John Martin

Reservoir by the Sta.te of Colorado.

John Hartin Reservoir, located on the Arkansas River

near the community of I,as Animas in the southeastern part of the
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State, was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1936 for the
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purposes of flood control and conservation of water for irrigation

use. It vias constl:ucted by the Corps of Engineers at the expense
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of the Federal (;!overmnen'c and was operational in 1948. According

to the most recent t:able. the reservoir capacity at maximum pool

elevation is 619,000 acre-feet of which 348,000 acre-feet is

conservation storage. The storage above the conservation pool is

flood control and releasod as rapidly as possible at the maximum

rate the channel will carry without property damage.

The operation of t.he conservation pool is set forth in

the Arkansas River Compact, an ag-reement bet';leen the States of

Kansas and ColoradO, approved by their legislatures and by the

lwate:c Resource Engineer wH:h the Colorado Watex' Conservation
Board.

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