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s.. <br /> ti <br /> SOUTH PLATTE BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of +2.6 indicates that for November SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN <br /> he basin water supplies were above normal. Reservoir 5 Surface hate Supply index History <br /> storage, the key component in this basin in computing the 4- <br /> SWSI value, was 118% of normal on November 30. Storage - ; . , ._ i. <br /> in the major plains reservoirs, Julesburg, North Sterling, and 3 3rm"ti ��Prewitt, increased by 32,032 acre-feet during October and are 2 . - A,, : 7 - 12 ;;,; <br /> w <br /> at 55% of capacity. Storage in the major upper basin 1—. _ .., • .` �. �" ..1.., '"" <br /> reservoirs, Cheesman, Eleven Mile, Spinney, and Antero,, x 0 • -- IrL,Itr):!Ham. �__ <br /> decreased by 3,484 acre-feet and are at 91%of capacity. The ,_ <br /> Soil Conservation Service reports December 1 snowpack at . <br /> • _2_ <br /> 148% of normal. The mean daily flow at the Kersey gage on ° <br /> the South Platte River was 929 cfs, as compared to the 1961- -3- <br /> 1993 November average of 894 cfs. Flow at the -4 r ..�.....,.�... . <br /> JAN84 JANOS JANB6 JANB7 JANBB JAN89 JAN90 JAN91 JAN92 JAN93 <br /> Colorado/Nebraska state line averaged 269 cfs. Storage was LgNTW YEAR <br /> the main use of water for the month of November. The Barr <br /> Lake storage call was on the river above Denver for most of <br /> the month,with the Henry Lynn call coming on at the end of <br /> the month. Reservoirs on all tributaries were in the storage <br /> mode. On the plains there was sufficient water to allow SOUTH PLATTE RIVER NR. KERSEY <br /> storage and some recharge, with at times more water than 450 FLOW BY WATER YEAR <br /> could be diverted before it left Colorado. 400 <br /> 350 <br /> Outlook " <br /> .---------7 <br /> The water supply outlook at the present time is good t', '°° <br /> as storage, recharge and the snowpack continue to grow. o 1 250 <br /> Weather conditions have not shut out storage to this point in W g 200 <br /> time. <br /> i 130 <br /> 100 <br /> Public Use Impacts <br /> Draft environmental impact statements addressing the S0 �� <br /> renewal of special use permits for long existing front range ' 0 <br /> oct Npv Oec Jan Feb March <br /> projects were recently released by the U.S. Forest Service. WORTH <br /> Recommendations include requirements for replacement of ° ,rEr YEAR(19a3, ' OPT"964' 0 AVG x 1994 <br /> several thousand acre-feet of water from these projects in <br /> order to mitigate habitat for endangered species located in <br /> central and lower Nebraska along the Platte River. If finally <br /> approved as the recommendations now stand, it will cost the REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> Basin <br /> owners of the water rights a significant amount of money to 240 ORAtE Platte <br /> comply with replacement waters and to replace waters lost to 220- 7 <br /> by-pass requirements. This appears to be the first of many 200-, <br /> federal permitting situations which will impact the use of 180 <br /> water in Colorado. Early skiing has been very widespread, an a 160 <br /> or' 140 <br /> indication of the'early arrival of the snowpack. Recreation is a1 120 <br /> mainly centered around the snowpack as the weather becomes b I 1°° <br /> less conducive to other recreational activities. B° <br /> : L <br /> 40 <br /> n //i' i& i,' A: ;2SJ ;;',. <br /> Dillon Horsetooth Eleven Mile Chokes/man Jackson Barr Lake <br /> ® Av0. 11/30 Content• r77q 11/30/93 Contents <br /> 3 <br />