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

summer operations of the
follows:
Contents, A.F.
Beginning Date
Shown
Apr.l 115762.82
May 1 601144.38
June 1 77217.56
July 1 91200.22
Aug. 1 62566.96
Sept. 1 9340.92
Oct.! D

Conservation Pool only are tahulated as

Inflow
A.F.

Evaporation
A.F.

Release
A.F.

Contents, A.F.
End of Month

24166.32
91036.63
72315.62
49688.69
21540.61
1377. 73
12123.72

1326.65
1102,67
1307,22
1461.17
970.41 .
23.88
.01

74458.11
76860.78
57025.74
76860.78
73796.24
10694.77
12123.71

64144.38
77217.56
91200.22
62566.96
9340.92
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TOTALS 272249.32 6192.01 381820.13
During the summer storage season 2,432.42 acre-feet was spilled from
the permanent pool to avoid encroachment into the flood control pooL
Also, 45.72 acre-feet were stored in the permanent pool during July under
the Colorado Division of Wildlife's Muddy Creek decree.
No Article III water wa.s stored during the summer storage season.
However, Article III water was released to the various ditches and spilled
to prevent invasion of storage into the flood control pooL Total Article III
releases. including spills to the river. were as follows:
Amity Canal 78,299.11 aJ.
Ft. Lyon Canal 14,000.59 aJ.
Las Animas Consolidated Canal 3,382.79aJ.
The Golf Course Exchange Water account of 110.21 aJ. was also spilled
as a result of the nood control operations and the account was thus
cancelled out.
At the end of the compact year the Article III and the Golf Course
accounts were all empty.
The operation of the Transit Loss Account during the compact year is
shown below:

Transit Loss Account
Month Contents Beg. Inflow Evaporation Release Contents End
of Month A.F. A.F. A.F. AF. of Month A.F.
November 31745.60 0 177.81 10100.22' 2t467.57
December 21467.57 0 117.61 0 21349.96
January 21349.96 0 87.88 0 21262.08
Fehruary 21262.08 0 3.77 0 21258.31
March 21258.31 0 263.17 0 20995.14"
Suhtotals 0 650.24 10100.22
,
April 20995.14 11249.08 153.80 22334.01 9756.41
May 9756.41 0 18t.72 0 9574.69
June 9574.69 0 138.63 0 9436.06
July 9436.06 0 205.00 36.16 9194.90
August 9194.00 0 220.51 198.35 8776.04
September 8776.04 0 149.86 99.t7 8527.01
October 8527.01 0 95.79 0 843t.22
Subtotals 11249.08 1145.31 22667.69
TOTAL 11249.08 1795.55 :12767.91
.Transferred 9977.19 A.F. (11/35 or 31/43%) to Kansas account.
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