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ARKANSAS BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: +t <br /> The SWSI value of 0.0 indicates that for January ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br /> the basin water supplies were normal. The Soil 6u*•°• `•�suav l Y I npex N l eR ery <br /> 5 <br /> Conservation Service reports January 31 snowpack at 110% <br /> of normal. Storage in Turquoise, Twin Lakes, Pueblo, and <br /> John Martin reservoirs totaled 98% of normal on January 3 <br /> 31. The National Weather Service reports basin 2r <br /> precipitation during January at 74% of normal. <br /> Precipitation in Pueblo was .37 inches, or 05 inches above 1 <br /> X <br /> W <br /> normal. Snowfall for the month was 5.0 inches. The total g ° <br /> for the season is 24.9 inches. Flow at the Arkansas River -1 <br /> IIIIIIIII <br /> near Portland averaged 468 cfs for the month as compared Q 2 <br /> to the 1961 - 1991 January average of 350.2 cfs. 3 <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns: JAN94 JAJl96 JAN88 JAN90 JAN92 <br /> JAN85 JAN87 JAN89 JAN91 JAN93 <br /> The call on the Arkansas mainstem during the 1.40NrH/YEAR <br /> entire month of January was the Winter Water call of 3-1- <br /> 1910. The icing problems experienced in December on the <br /> Ft. Lyon Storage Canal cleared up by the end of January. <br /> Public Use Impacts: <br /> During the period November 15 to January 31, ARKANSAS RIVER NR. PORTLAND <br /> 1993, 106,374 acre-feet*as stored under the Winter Water FLAW BY WATER YEAR <br /> 150 <br /> storage decree. This compares to 108,939 acre-feet stored 140 _ <br /> during the same period last year. Releases from Twin Lakes 130' . <br /> by the Bureau of Reclamation averaged about 150 cfs 120 . <br /> 110 <br /> during January. i 100 <br /> 90 7........ <br /> The public should be aware that during the 1 80 <br /> upcoming irrigation season the Rules and Regulations for ; 60 <br /> Groundwater in the Arkansas River Basin will be enforced 50 <br /> and wells found to be pumping in violation of the rules will '° <br /> 30 <br /> be ordered by the Division Engineer's office to cease 20 ,. . . <br /> pumping immediately. In the event that such an order is 10 - <br /> act Nov Dec Jon Feb March <br /> not complied with, injunctive proceedings will be initiated <br /> MONfH <br /> against st those to whom orders were issued in Distrcit Court. D WET C1994) 0 DRY C 1972) A AVG x 1993 <br /> These rules apply to non-exempt (not exempt from <br /> administration) wells. They do not apply to nontributary <br /> and designated basin wells, and exempt wells. Exempt REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> wells are generally the small domestic and livestock wells ARKANSAS RIv6R BASIN <br /> and are not subject to administration. The rules,that went 14° <br /> into effect February 19, 1973, allow pumping of non- 120 <br /> exempt wells filed in Water Court prior to July 1, 1972 only <br /> on Monday,Tuesday, and Wednesday of each week,unless : iti::\ <br /> the appropriator has a court approved plan for a 9D °�• <br /> •\ <br /> augmentation or is a member of an organization that has a 70 : <br /> ..\one. Non-exempt wells filed after July 1, 1972 must have b 2 <br /> an approved augmentation plan or be designated as an 1 i::� <br /> alternate point of diversion to a surface right. 1 <br /> 30 :•� •: :: ..� <br /> John Martin Pueblo Ttrauoise Twin Lakes <br /> __::Avg. 1/31 Contents MZI 1/31/93 Contents <br /> 4 <br />