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rhe Dail /HE.UAILI'i/ IM~-S . .,..., e, Serving the San J e9~QeZe0DOC0813Ql 01T 1 MAYNES BRADFORD ~ SHIPFS LAW OFFICES P.O. BOi, Ziti DURANGO CO 81301 DIZZlro' k ()S-.!J'f-'10 Volume 102 Number 258 Farmington, New Mexico Rivers fore'cast gloomy Bill Papich Staff writer I Water flow in area livers Is expected " to be below half of average between April and Septem- ber.. according to a streamflow forecast. Issued by the U,S, Department of A- griculture. The forecast is based on proJec- tIons of melUng mountain snowpack and precipitation. According to Tuesday's report. flow In the Animas River should be 47 per. cent of average, during the, period. That's compared to USDA,projections In May 1989 when the agency predicted water' flow in the Anlmas would be 72 percent.of average. based on snowpack accumulation at that time. In May 1988, the USDA predicted the flow would be 115 percent. of aver- age., . The report says water flow in the La ptata RIver Is expected to be 37 percent of average during the April-September pertod. And the report forecast Inflow to Navajo Reservoir ,to be 36 percent of average for the same pertod. A streamflow measurement taken Tuesday on'the AnImas River at Cedar H1ll was 1,200 cubic feet oer second, . according to the U.S,' Geological Survey. The agency said that on May 8 last year. the now was measured at 1,590 cfs, Tuesday. the flow on the La Plata . River at Hesperus showed water flow at 100 cfs, On May 8 last year, a survey showed the flow at.} 14 cfs. Inflow to Navajo Reservoir on sUn- day was 1,551 cfs. according to the Bureau of Reclamation. On May 6 last "'~:l~ ','.. '''f!:,\\' w:;<: 1,983. the bureau Drought ',,:,,1:1:... :! t:. .. l "", ;..-.". The bureau report says water in the reselVolr Is 35.4 feet below the reser- voir's maximum water level. On May 6. 1989. the water level was 26.3 feet below capac1Iy, , The,latest bureau forecast predlets that Inflow to Navajo Reservoir wtll be 39 percent of average during the period from May. 1 .to July 31. however the bureau 15 predicting no water shortages related to reseIValr water levels. During April,' the reselVOlr Inflow was 42 percent of inflow measured in April 1989, according to the bureau's report.