WSP06549

• File Number: 8111.600
• Description: ARCA Annual Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 1/1/1985
• Author: ARCA
• Title: Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Arkansas River Compact Administration for the Year 1985
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

APPENDIX "A-2"

OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT

On November I, 1984 the Conservation Pool of the John Martin
Reservoir was empty. The reservoir contained 204,907 acre feet in the
various accounts.
On April t, 1985, John Martin Reservoir contained 115,763 acre reet of
water in the Conservation Pool, and water in the various accounts totaled
214,745 acre feet. The Permanent Recreation Pool contained 12,815 acre
feet of water. The reservoir, at that time, contained a total of 343,323 acre
feet of water.
On May 26, 1985 inflow to John Martin Reservoir was sufficient to
cause the Conservation Pool to become Cull and the incoming water to
begin to invade the Flood PooL At that time, in accordance with the
Operating Plan for John Martin Reservoir of 1980 and the December 1984
agreement of the Arkansas River Compact Administration, the United
States Army Corps of Engineers assumed temporary control of the
resp.TvoiT, and proceeded to spill the various accounts in their proper
sequence.
The Golf Course, Amity Canal. Ft. Lyon Canal, and Las Animas Canal
accounts were spilled in their entirety before the reservoir was lowered to
the top of the Conservation Pool. In addition 2.432 acre feet of water was
also spilled from the Permanent Recreation Pool. 1,761 acre feet of water
was spilled from the Kansas accounts and 2,642.72 was from the Colorado
account. No water was released from the Transit Loss Account during the
forced release of the water from the reservoir.
During the irrigation season 51,530 acre feet of water was released
from John Martin Reservoir on demand of the Kansas Ditches, and
151,918 acre feet of water was released to the Colorado ditches by request.
The Frontier Ditch received 4,233 acre feet of water and 65,370 acre feet of
water arrived at the Coolidge gauge. Transit Loss Account releases were
1,673 acre feet.
On October 31, t985, John Martin Reservoir contents totaled 280,952
acre feet of water of which 271,792 acre feet was Agreement Water. The
Permanent Pool contained 9,160 acre feet of water.
The foregoing information was obtained by the Operations Committee
from the records of Mr. Robert W. Jesse. Operations Secretary of the
Arkansas River Compact Administration.

Respectfully submitted,
Isl Ron Olomon, Chairman

Is/ Jim Rogers, Member

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