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r <br /> RIO GRANDE BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of +0.1 indicates that for October the , , 1 rSA\UE <br /> basin water supplies were normal. The National Weather Service [I i 0J ,3 HAS i 11 V <br /> .eports October precipitation at 39% of normal. Reservoir storage surface Water Supply Index History <br /> measured on October 31 was 80% of normal. Flow at the gaging 5 I I 'il i' <br /> station, Rio Grande near Del Norte, averaged 305 cfs for the — ' <br /> month as compared to the 1961-1991 October average of 428 cfs. - 3- <br /> The mean flow of the Conejos near Mogote was 143 cfs. October z <br /> was a dry month in the San Lois valley with 28 days having ;. 11- <br /> minimum temperatures below the freezing mark. This October's i a <br /> low was 11 degrees on the 11 th as compared to last year's October 1 I- <br /> low of 9 degrees below zero. Below normal reservoir storage is - -2 I �j <br /> due to heavy irrigation demand which occurred during the o !,;;i <br /> irrigation season. ,I _il Il ! <br /> JII133 .lAl& MIS JAM .RIB] Mg ,dlfl9 JAI9l Al iAl9: <br /> HEAP/M)NTH <br /> Outlook <br /> Most of the reservoirs went back into storage on <br /> November 1 with the hope of a large snowpack to provide for <br /> spring runoff filling. <br /> RIO GRAN][ NEAP OE! NOPTE <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns • <br /> There was very little fluctuation in flows at the upper , <br /> index gage on the Rio Grande near Del Norte due to most of the n, t`,r? 1 <br /> reservoir water being run earlier in the irrigation season and very r :$�/'� ,.. <br /> little precipitation. The upper index gage on the Conejos River F f f h ' �` <br /> r � <br /> near Mogote showed more fluctuation due to project water and A r�.. '! <br /> stored direct flow rights being released from Platoro Reservoir. •, ' : •• ••3• <br /> Public Use Impacts 1°L � �` • ••••• Snot:•�•±±.•�•,• ••�••���• <br /> October has been a month of preparation by all parties •d •�.,.l to ��►►'�_• .•.lm�.,. <br /> involved in abandonment proceedings. The Tres Rios Ranch was 'I- �`,� • • � �•••••••°.��� <br /> ,�0❖.❖3.•.�,. <br /> granted the right to appropriate water in case No. 91CW29 and • •• •' •.••••r : � itrif4:a40.• <br /> began diversions on the lower end of the Rio Grande system. The ° 1961-1931 ,AWE 1712 <br /> case is scheduled for hearing on December 21-23, 1992. <br /> Representative Reservoirs <br /> Rio('rands Basin <br /> a <br /> 25 — I <br /> j <br /> MOM <br /> ° WS&yl kg;i!%$1, 4 aka; 4 <br /> Pia Curdy Plal,, Santaltr.a <br /> ') Avg. 10J91 Contents U 101)1192 Contents <br /> 5 <br />