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

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year 1985. Mr. McDonald moved, and Mr. Pope seconded, the re-election
of existing officers as follows:
Mr. Carl Bentrup - Vice Chairman
Mr. Leo Idler - Recording Secrelary and Treasurer
Mr. Bob Jesse - Operations Secretary
The motion was unanimously approved.
The next item was the appointment of committee members for
compact year 1985. Mr. McDonald moved the reappointment of the
members now serving (Carl Bentrup and Bill McDonald on the
Administrative and Legal Committee, Ron Olomon and Leo Idler on the
Operations Committee, and David Pope and Carl Genova on the
Engineering Committee), with the Kansas members of each committee
to serve as chairmen for the compact year. The motion was seconded by
Mr. Pope and unanimously approved.
The next item on the agenda was the reports of the federal agencies.
Mr. Mocek briefly reported on the Corps of Engineers' activities. He
stated that reservoir operations at both Trinidad and John Martin
Reservoirs for the past water year had been routine and that there had
been no flood control operations at either reservoir. Mr. Mocek
summarized the requests that had been received for technical services
and section 404 permits and described design activities on local flood
protection projects at Pueblo and La Junta. There was a brief discussion
on the possibility of temporarily using the flood control pool in John
Martin Reservoir for conservation storage in 1985. Mr. Mocek indicated
that approval of the use of flood control space for conservation storage by
the COE would be highly unlikely and would probably require
Congressional authorization anyhow.
Mr. Cooley then introduced Mr. Ray Wilms, who presented the report
for the Bureau of Reclamation. Mr. Wilms reported that Pueblo
Reservoir had reached 283,210 a.1. of storage with about 19,000 aJ.
encroaching into the joint use pool in 1984. Following April 1 the joint use
pool was evacuated by releasing about 16,000 a.c. of temporary contract
storage. In May and June, 1982-83 winter water was also spilled. On
August 21, a small flood control operation reduced the outflow from 5600
crs to 540 crs for a few hours. By August 23, aH the floodwater stored
during the flood operation had been released.
Mr. Wilms noted that 110,000 aJ. had been imported from the west
slope during the summer and held in storage and that at the present time
the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project reservoirs were virtually full, with
Pueblo Reservoir containing 268,900 a.f. He reported that the Bureau had
made a tentative decision to allow storage in Pueblo Reservoir to reach
290,000 a.1. to 300,000 a.1. in 1985, with approximately 30,OOOaJ. in the joint
use pooL It was antIcipated that that level would be reached in January.
Starting about February I, the Bureau will start releasing water from the
upstream reservoirs to make room for the water to be imported in 1985.
This means that 70,000-100,000 aJ. may be spilled out of Pueblo Reservoir
through April 15, 1985, to bring that reservoir's water level down and to
get the water out of the joint use pooL
Mr. Pope asked several questions of Mr. Wilms on the operation of
Pueblo Reservoir, use of the joint use pool, temporary storage contracts,
and the winter storage program. He concluded by indicating that Kansas
continues to have concerns about the use of the joint use pool. He stated

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