DWR_4151772

• Title: NOVEMBER 1992 SWSI: COLORADO WATER SUPPLY CONDITIONS UPDATE, SURFACE WATER SUPPLY INDEX
• Year: 1992
• Document Type - Publications and Reports: SWSI Monthly Report

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ARKANSAS BASIN
Basinwide Conditions Assessment:
The SWSI value of +0.5 indicates that for October the AR
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basin water supplies were above normal. The National Weather \h i 1 S ! �1 E ! ;
Service reports October precipitation at 46%of normal. Reservoir Surface water Supply index History
storage measured on October 31 was 92% of normal. Flow at the 5; I '
gaging station,Arkansas River near Portland,averaged 298 cfs for ` 'I
the month as compared to the 1965-1991 October average of 431 - 1
cfs. Streamflows are steadily declining. October weather was 2L _ '
relatively mild. 1 .
Administrative/Management Concerns: 1
The mainstem call in effect from October 1 to the 14th i-
was the Catlin Canal call of 12-3-1884, between the 15th and the 3
20th the Highline call of 3-11-1886 controlled, and from the 21st ,' 1
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to the end of the month the Amity call of 2-21-1887 controlled. 3 "�' ikte ME 'wJHiwrEAR ;0490
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The call will go to March 1, 1910 on November 15 at the
commencement of Winter Water Storage. -
Public Use Impacts:
The 1992 annual meeting of the trustees of the Winter ARKA\rarl RIVER NEAI PORTLAVD
Water Storage Program met in La Junta on October 2. Last year's
yield of Winter Water storage was reported as 159,335 AF, the
highest of the last four years. Water users who need to provide 75 ,,,.;., f;;,�,,�x
user supplied diversion records to the water commissioner for the I ,�x^,�y�f���/.X
water year just completed (through September 30) should have F €k;r ',
these turned in by December 1st. d Ilr .yo •
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