WSP07518

• File Number: 8143.800
• Description: John Martin Reservoir - Water and Contracts
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 12/1/1999
• Title: Report of the Colorado State Engineer - Concerning Accounting of the Operations of an Offset Account in John Martin Reservoir for Colorado Pumping - 1998 -- Part 1 of 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Source Delivery End Date Amount to Offset Net Return Flow
Account (ac-Il) Water (ac-Il)
LAWMA (Highland Canai November 5, 199B 299.07 12.85
Shares)
LAWMA (Article II) March 31,1999 834.00 0.40 333.60
LAWMA (Highland Canal April 29, 1999 437.47 418.67 18.80
Shares)
LAWMA (Highland Canal August 7,1999 305.33 305.33 0.00
Shares)
LAWMA (Highland Canal October 31, 1999 2714.64 2714.64 0.00
Shares)
TOTALS 4590.51 4225.26 365.25

During the period referred to above, there were 0 releases of water from the
Offset Account. As indicated above, the entire co ents of the Offset Account were
spilled twice during the same period. The two rei ases are summarized in the following
table.

Description of Release
Colorado Instate Return Flows
Correction for LAWMA Storage of
Hi hland Canal Shares
TOTALS

Quantity Released (ac-Il)
165.33
684.02

Released To
Conservation Storage
Conservation Storage

Release End Date
January 11, 1999
October 31, 1999

849.35

During the months of February, M ch, and April of 1999, a total of 2122.5 acre-feet
of fully consumable water was made vailable to Kansas in the Offset Account under
the provisions of paragraph 58 of t Amended Resolution to offset the estimated
monthly net depletions to usable ateline flow which were computed in accordance
with that paragraph. The table b ow shows the specific transfers from the Colorado
Consumable Water subaccount 0 the Kansas Consumable ter subaccount.

Month of Estimated Net Depletions to
Usable Stateline Fiow
November, 1998
SWSP's A r, 1998 thru Nov, 1998
December, 1998
Janua ,1999
TOTALS

585.6
668.4
476.8
391.7
2122.5

Date of Transfer

Quantity Transferred (ae-ft)

February 7, 1999
March 1, 1999
March 9, 1999
April 14, 1999

Section 3 of thi report provides copies of the letters reporting each delivery of water
to the Offset Acc nt as required by paragraph 3 of the Amended Resolution and
copies of the Ie rs reporting each release/transfer of water from the Offset Account.

Section 4 f this report provides copies of the monthly letters reporting Colorado
pumping an Offset Account operations that were prepared and submitted in
accordanc with paragraph 12 of the Amended Resolution.

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