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COLORADO BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of-0.3 indicates that for January COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br /> the basin water supplies were normal. The Soil Surface Water Supply Ireton NI.Lery, <br /> 5 <br /> Conservation Service reports January 31 snowpack at 102% <br /> of normal. Storage in Green Mountain, Ruedi, and ' <br /> Williams Fork reservoirs totaled 106%of normal on Janu <br /> _____3 <br /> 31. The National Weather Service reports January 2 'i' 11! <br /> precipitation as 150% of normal. Flow at the gaging 1 <br /> station, Colorado River near Dotsero, averaged 1286 cfs as ' <br /> compared to the 1961-1991 January average of 958 cfs. 4 ° <br /> Outlook a il <br /> 2 <br /> 111 <br /> Most are excited to see the snowpack above normal. <br /> -3 <br /> The possibility of a good spring runoff is a welcome relief <br /> to water users that have endured the past drought years. "` <br /> JANB4 JANB6 JAMB JAN90 JAN93 <br /> JAN95 JANST JAN99 JAN91 JAN93 <br /> MONTH/YEAR <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns <br /> Some water is being stored and/or used for <br /> fisheries or power generation. The Shoshone call <br /> (1/17/1902) used to satisfy the Shoshone Hydroelectric <br /> Power Plant in Glenwood Canyon was reinstated on COLORADO RIVER NR. DOTSERO <br /> February 19, 1993. The call was off for 46 days due to FLOW BY WATER YEAR <br /> 550 , <br /> annual maintenance on one of the two generating turbines. <br /> 500• . <br /> Some water was stored during this period. Most <br /> 450 <br /> snowmaking operations have ceased now due to the <br /> 400 <br /> abundance of natural snow. ; 400 <br /> .i 300 <br /> Public Use Impacts 1 <br /> A good snowpack is great, but it does create some <br /> adverse affects. The avalanche danger has been extremely ` 150 I <br /> high and anybody skiing or snowmobiling in the back 100 <br /> country should be very careful to avoid possible avalanche so <br /> areas.Some landowners are already starting to worry about 0 <br /> Oct Nov Dec Jan Fab March <br /> the possibility of spring floods, but at this point, it is <br /> MONTH <br /> probably too early to determine the extent of the runoff. o WET(1504) o COY C1977) A AVG x 1993 <br /> REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> COLORADD RIVER BASIN <br /> BO <br /> Wa MN <br /> :i:K:I.Si: iiiiiiiiik ::::::gliL <br /> (Green Mountain •Ruedl WIIIIsms Fork <br /> Avg. 1/31 Contents ®1131/93 Contents <br /> 7 • <br />