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<br />Annual Report For 1973 <br /> <br />Supel'intendent's Repol't <br />To <br />The Amity Mutual Irrigation Company <br />TO THE DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS: <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br />The (ollowing statements covering the operation and mainll::'nance of <br />The Amity Mutual Irrigation Company, its canal~ and reservoir system, <br />are submitted Cor your consideration. <br /> <br />AMITY CANAL <br /> <br />A severe winter with heavy snows Collowed by rains in April and early <br />May produced an abundance of soil moisture. Consequently, canals in <br />Colorado postponed the call for John Martin Reservoir water until May 7. <br />Available storage on that date was about 52,000 acre feel, as compared with <br />24,679 acre feel on April 1. Kansas ditches did nol call for water until Ma.v <br />16. These call dates would seem to refute the criticism that Colorado and <br />Kansas water users call for John Martin water whether it is needed or not. <br />As a result of the late calls and the extra storage accumulated, John Martin <br />was not emptied until June 25. River now held up well and the Amity was <br />able to divert its first priority or better until August 15. After this date <br />river now was generally low and erratic. Supplemental water from the <br />Great Plains Reservoirs was again a very important factor in creating a <br />good water year for Amity Stockholders. <br /> <br />Sand and silt has accumulated over many years in the canal directly <br />below the rating flume. This accumulation finally caused the Amity Flume <br />to run in a submerged condition through most of the 1973 season. This <br />meant that one could not read the now through the flume directly but that <br />a correction factor had to be applied to compute the flow. This is unsatis- <br />factory in that computations are time-consuming and not always completely <br />ac~urate. Shortly after the irrigation season ended a large number of trees <br />were removed and the 22-B dragline began work at tile flume proceeding <br />cbwn the canal about 3 miles. This will correct the situation and the flume <br />will measure directly and accurately once again. <br /> <br />The Board of Directors have voted to replace the three antiquated flash- <br />board type checks in Buffalo Division with more modern steel flap checks. The <br />old checks were very unwieldy to operate. Only the greatest <br />amount of good luck has prevented a serious injury-or drowning in their <br />cperation over the years. At this writing in mid-January, the 3 steel flap <br /> <br />Page 16 <br />