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I I <:J , ') ~ "" I -.J -.J I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Annual Report of the Operations Secretary to the Arkansas River Compact Administration November 1, 1995 to October 31, 1996 Winter storage in John Martin Reservoir began at 0001 hr November I, 1995. At that time the reservoir contained 257,884.00 af distributed as follows: 191,250.45 af in agreement accounts, 9,469,15 af in the pennanent recreation pool, and 57,164.40 af in the summer compact account Winter storage ended at 2400 hr March 31, 1996. During this period 82,803.12 af was stored. Of this amount, 48,429.88 af was stored in the conservation storage and 34,373.24 af was stored under the Winter Water Storage Program in Article III accounts, This water was allocated to various accounts as specified in the Operating Plan adopted by the Compact Administration on April 14, 1980. Transfer of Conservation Storage water to accounts began at 0001 hr April I, 1995 at a rate of 1,250 cfs. the conservation storage was emptied at 2152 hr, May 18. During the time that transfer was being accomplished 11,723.04 af was stored under summer conditions. From May 26 - June II a period of storage accumulated 16,394,84 af. On June 16-17 another 3.133.28 afwas stored. Two short storage periods in July yielded 1l,446.01 af and from another event during August 20-22 a total of 3,751.63 af was stored. Storage for the period August 24 - September 3 was 13,687.08 af. Three short storage events (September 8 - September 19) accumulated 5,497.73 af. From September 25 to October 16 the amount of 10,390.97 af was stored. The final period of October 27- 31 showed a storage of 3,998.41 af. Total summer conservation storage was 80,002.39 af, This water was all transferred to accounts as provided for in the 1980 operating plan. Six runs to the State of Kansas were made during this year. See Tables XIII-a through XIII-f for details. A total of 883.93 af was stored in the permanent recreation pool during the year. This water was stored in priority under the Colorado Division of Wildlife's Muddy Creek Reservoir decree. See Table VIII for details. Storage in the amount of 1,581.84 afwas made in the City of Lamar Project Water account in June with the concurrence of the Compact Administration. This water was completely released by September 13. The residual contained in the transit loss account on October 31 was 19,615.57 af. This was transferred to Kansas and Colorado accounts on November 1, 1996 less 6.30 af evaporation loss,