WSP04368

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/17/1961
• Author: J M Dille
• Title: Lower South Platte Water Supplies
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Twenty Year Discharges (Units 1,000 A-F)

1st I'?, 3rd 1/4 4th 1/4
.- Nov. Feb. Mar. Apr. May July Aug. Year
Oct. Dec. Jan. June Sept
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Kersey 24.5 31.9 31.8 31.0 28.8 39.8 49.0 110.0 111.0 28.4 23.9 13.71509~00O
% Year 4.8 6.2 6.2 6.2 5.6 7.8 9.6 21.6 21.6 5.5 4.7 2.7 . .
% 1/4 (. . 51.8 . .) (. . 12.2 . .)
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% 1/2 (. . . 36.0 . . . . .) (. . . . . 64.0 . . . . . . . )
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ualzac 5.6 2.1 5.0 7.7 9.2 17.6 23.9 70.1 69.5 16.4 15.1 ...2.2 2580()~
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% Year 2.1 .8 2.0 3.0 3.7 6.8 9.0 27.1 26.7 6.3 5.8 4n (50% K!)
% 1/4 ( . 63.8 .) (. 16.8 . .) .
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% 1/2 ( . . . . 20.3 . . . . . . ) (. . . . . 79.6 . . . . . . . ) ,
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Jgles- 6.0 15.6 20.3 24.8 26.1 32.1 29.5 66.8 72.2 17.1 64 J5.8 319~~ .
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% Year 1.8 5.0 6.3 7.9 8.1 10.0 9.2 20.9 22.5 5.3 2.0 J..8 (63% K)
% 1/4 (. . 52.1 . .) (. . 9.1 . .) .....
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% 1/2 (. . . . . 39.0 . . . . . .) (. . . . . 61.2 . . . . . . ) :

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This table shows~ of course, that nearly all the large flows at Kersey lIire
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in the spring months and the deficiencies are in the fourth quarter of the watll'l'

year.

The fairly steady flows of the first half of the water year go almost

entirely into storage.

In the third quarter part of the \~ater is used for direct irrigation An'"

available surpluses to "top out" the reservoirs.

liith over one-half of the average annual Kersey discharges occurring in
this period, part of the total volume is surplus above the needs in some yea,"rs:

and passes out of the State.

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