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9' <br /> ARKANSAS BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of+2.2 indicates that for September the ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br /> basin water supplies were above normal. Storage in Turquoise, 9r*.co Water swvly ,noa RlaLory <br /> 5 <br /> Twin Lakes, Pueblo, and John Martin reservoirs totaled 111% of <br /> normal on September 30. Flow at the gaging station Arkansas <br /> u. 3 <br /> River near Portland averaged 531 cfs, as compared to the 1965- M i y • <br /> 1991 September average of 477 cfs. The National Weather _: -�- <br /> Service reports September precipitation as 91% of normal. <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns U <br /> The annual Winter Water pre-storage meeting will take <br /> • 2 <br /> place on October 29. Winter Water storage will begin on <br /> November 15. John Martin reservoir will begin to store winter 3 <br /> conservation water on November 1. Trinidad Reservoir begins -, ................. ............. ...... ......-.............................................. ... .. <br /> .., <br /> JAN64 JAN65 JAN66 JAN67 JANB0 JAN69 JAN90 JAN91 JAN92 JAN93 <br /> winter storage on October 12 with a greater than normal total of WORTH/YEAR <br /> 20,000 acre-feet already behind the dam. The Division of Wildlife <br /> has completed a run of Lake Meridith water into Great Planes <br /> Reservoirs. This is water they purchased from Colorado Springs <br /> to benefit wildlife habitat and fisheries. The BuRec started <br /> releasing Fry-Ark water to the Arkansas to augment fish flows. ARKANSAS RIVER NR. PORTLAND <br /> During the past season Aurora exchanged over 3000 acre-feet of FLOW BY WATER YEAR <br /> their Rocky Ford ditch water into Pueblo Reservoir. This is 0.9 <br /> approximately 1/3 of their total decreed exchange, the remainder <br /> of the exchange will progress in a manner which is keyed to the 1 07 <br /> re-vegetation program of land removed from irrigation. n 06 <br /> °• °s <br /> 0 <br /> 1 0.3 <br /> 0.2 a <br /> 0.1 <br /> 0 <br /> Oct Nnv Dec Jan Fah March Marll May Jun. July Au. Sept <br /> MONTH <br /> 0 VET(1901) O DRY(1977) A AVG X 1993 <br /> REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br /> 120 <br /> 110- <br /> 90- <br /> al 6° <br /> S° //:\ <br /> 3 30 \ <br /> John Martin Pvab10 Turouolso 7rin Lama <br /> Avg 2/30 Cnntanta ® 9/30/93 COntanta <br /> 4 <br />