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• <br /> SAN JUAN/DOLORESIANIMAS BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of -1.5 indicates that for October the SAN JUAN/DOLORES/ANIMAS RIVER BASINS <br /> basin water supplies were slightly below normal. The National surface Water Supply Index Hlstcsv <br /> Weather Service reports October precipitation at 76% of normal. ,I _" r — I <br /> Basinwide reservoir storage was 118% of normal on October 31. 4 r <br /> Flow at the gaging station, Animas River at Durango, averaged — ]- <br /> 262 cfs as compared to the 1961-1991 October average of 384 cfs. 2- <br /> The La Plata and Dolores Rivers were both running slightly above <br /> average at the end of the month. Although many ditches continued <br /> to divert irrigation water well into the month October was ° <br /> generally uneventful. Much of the precipitation that fell was ' <br /> absorbed by dry soil. = <br /> r <br /> Outlook <br /> JAE <br /> The latest precipitation resulted in snow accumulation in lk83 1►JNIHWYEAR � <br /> the high mountains which provided the second year in a row of <br /> early snow. <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns <br /> Basin administrators anticipate few water supply AN I MA j RIVER AT RI)RANGO <br /> problems. <br /> 29 1 <br /> Public Use Impacts: • <br /> • <br /> Ski areas are opening early providing tourism some 0 <br /> optimism to counter the frustration of hunters who found dry, ye 4• # <br /> warm conditions. 0 1S O: �:• • M °fC <br /> 1p _ :O" **i**i••i0�►••�►:*: g i***•*•i ii* <br /> ♦.•iii'i•Wiii• WiMiO•i••'•'.•••i <br /> Mann MeNIMAkk <br /> *MOW* Makkkkkkkk <br /> S r ii <br /> ••%4 i••*•i i•*•i i•*•*•i i�i i*'i i•*•*•i 0 <br /> X�*•0••i1*•**i oi•v+ 00000000044 <br /> 44 <br /> o•••❖�••iO •�Pte ice.••��••••o•moo <br /> 0 <br /> 1961-1991 ocraB ASCE OCi°9&1 t992 <br /> Representative Reservoirs <br /> IblorK-Animas Basin <br /> ao <br /> xi° perm <br /> 511 <br /> Map' <br /> 110 g <br /> '00:401/ <br /> g WM/EWA <br /> R..Gam.• <br /> NEV <br /> rtnre Vol kbLeon <br /> [aAvg 10/31 Contents •10/11/92 Contents <br /> • <br />