WSP05885

• File Number: 8240.200.38.A
• Description: Coordinated Reservoir Operations
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1998
• Author: CWCB
• Title: 1998 Coordinated Reservoir Operations Bypasses for Endangered Fish - Annual Summary of Operations for 1998 to Benefit the Endangered Fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basin
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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Snowpack water content on Mayl was 89 percent of the 1966-1990 average throughout the Colorado Big
Thompson Project (CBT) watersheds. The Saint Vrain watershed was the highest at 106 percent of average.
The lowest snowpack water content on the Project was recorded for the Lake Granby watershed at 78 percent of
average.

Snowpack water content on May I was slightly below normal on the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project watersheds.
The Upper Arkansas River watershed was 100 percent of average. The Fryingpan River watershed was 97
percent of average.

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