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The Amity Mutual Irrigation Company 1445 President's Report To The Amity Mutual Irr;gat;on Company TO TIlE DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS: An open winter with ver.y little precipitation, less than an inch in the Holly district and slightly more in the area east of Lamar J left our soil dry and in poor condition for early planting. A short supply of snow in the mountains was responsible for low nows in the Arkansas at Pueblo. Onl,)" 328,100 aJ. of water was measured at Pueblo for the year compared with 410,900 ai. in 1971 and slight!.y less than 700,000 a.f. in 1970. John Martin Reservoir was very Iowan storage, only 25,64:2 ai. had accumulated in the 5 months of storage from r\'o\'embcr 1st to April 1st. Measured water into the reservoir at the official gauges near Las Animas amounted to only 16,500 aJ. for the 5 months storage period. 10,280 a.f. from the Arkansas and 6.219 a.e. from the Purgatoire. More than 12,000 a.e. of John Martin storage was from accretions to the reservoir that are not measured. River water was very short throllb'h the season. The Arkansas River at Las Animas contributed only 69,720 aJ. (or the entire year and the Purgatoire was onl.y 44,1.50 a.f. making a total of 113,8\10 a1. Onl.}' two times during the irrigation season was there enough water to call storage in John Martin reservoir, one in July and one in September, each less than 5 da~'s. Water fluctuated throughout the season and our reservoirs were used to supplement the supptr until emptied. Our Superintendent will give his report on distribution of this water and the need for repairs on our canals and machiner.y. 1972 was a short water year, not anl,y in District #67 but in both the Arkansas and the Purgatoire upstream. The ditches in District #14 below Pueblo diverted 164,133 aJ. and those in District#17 diverted 383,624 a.f., making a total of 547,757 a.f. upstream. Ditches in District #67 diverted 142,626 a.f. and 117,700 aJ. crossed the State Line into Kansas, 37,670 a.e. of this during winter season. The control at flood water at the Wile,}' drain is of much concern to the Amity canal. While we have had no great flooding the last few years, the large area of this drainage and the quick run off through well defined chanm31s that have deepened with time and irrigation run of! makes this more dangerous to our canal each ,year. The Soil Conservation Service and the Amit,}, canal are working together to try and relieve this problem. It is hoped that the County Commissioners, the State Highway and con~ cerned land owners above as well as those below will join in sponsoring this project. Page 3