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2' <br /> ARKANSAS BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of+0.7 indicates that for November the ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br /> Swim.Water Supply Index History <br /> basin water supplies were near normal. The Soil Conservation S , <br /> Service reports November 30 snowpack at 118% of normal. ,- <br /> • <br /> Storage in Turquoise, Twin Lakes, Pueblo, and John Martin - _ <br /> reservoirs totaled 92% of normal on November 30. Flow at the 3 p-..- : r <br /> gaging station,Arkansas River near Portland,averaged 401 cfs for , <br /> the month as compared to the 1965-1991 November average of i <br /> 1- ' ' '. <br /> 1 1, <br /> 440 cfs. Heavy snows in some areas during November caused i a - r " ' ' <br /> cattle feeding to begin earlier than normal. , <br /> '1 -' r , <br /> Y <br /> a -2- - .I . <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns: ° <br /> The call on the mainstem from November 1 through 14 3- <br /> was the Fort Lyon #2 of 3/1/1887. The call from November 15 - <br /> JANB3 JAN94 JJANOS JAMB JANB7 JAMBS JAN99 JAN90 JAN91 JAN82 <br /> to the end of the month was the Winter water call of 3/1/1910. MONT}VYEAR <br /> Public Use Impacts: <br /> The Winter Water Storage Program began on November <br /> 15. From November 15 to the end of the month 25,493 AF were <br /> stored as compared to 25,686 AF during the same period last year. ARKANSAS RIVER NR. PORTLAND <br /> The annual Arkansas River Compact Administration meeting was 150 - FLOW BY WATER YEAR <br /> held December 7 & 8. Releases from Twin Lakes by the Bureau 1'° <br /> of Reclamation began on November 30 and will be steadily ,o <br /> increased during the winter to move water from Twin Lakes to 1 <br /> Pueblo Reservoir and to enhance fish spawning. As of December 4 loci <br /> 3 the release was 90 cfs. A court appointed panel looking at A 90 <br /> Aurora's revegetation efforts reported that the Resource Investment w f. 70 <br /> Group (RIG) land, totaling about 4000 acres, was one third Ba <br /> revegetated. This means that Aurora will get a third of the Rocky 5 <br /> 40 <br /> Ford Ditch water it bought in 1986, allowing about 3000 AF to be 30 <br /> er''...:„..: 4"c <br /> transferred up the Arkansas River from the Rocky Ford Headgate 20 ,. <br /> to Pueblo Reservoir as early as the summer of 1993. Repairs 10 <br /> Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 'Arch <br /> were completed on the outlet gates at DeWeese Reservoir and the NORTH <br /> 0 WET C19114) O ORY(1977) A AVG X 1993 <br /> gates were closed on November 5. Considerable controversy had <br /> occurred recently because of the draining of the reservoir and a <br /> fish kill in Grape Creek and the Arkansas due to silt downstream <br /> from the empty reservoir. The reservoir was caused to be drained <br /> because of strict reservoir accounting. The now operable 36" REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> 120 <br /> Ark11ei River Meinoutlet valve will allow more accurate storage according to the <br /> priority system. 1,0 <br /> S \ \ <br /> j Ba- \ \ <br /> \ \ <br /> .1 <br /> nBa . <br /> �� so\ ✓ <br /> V <br /> a i <br /> ,0 <br /> i <br /> 7 30 �\ \ <br /> 20- /\ /\ A \ <br /> \ \\ \ <br /> 0 <br /> John Martin Pueblo TLgyplee Twin Lakes <br /> ® Avg. 11/20 Content■ ® 11/50/99 Contents <br /> 4 <br />