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r <br /> SANSUALV DO rORES/ANIMAS BASIN <br /> 1 <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of -0.6 indicates that for June the SAN JUAN/DOLORES/ANIMAS RIVER BASINS <br /> basin water supplies were slightly below normal. The S _ "«"Aster Supply Index"'•`er' <br /> National Weather Service reports June precipitation at 86%of 4- <br /> average. Basinwide reservoir storage was 127%of average on ut - <br /> r I : i: , <br /> July 1. Flow at the gaging station,Animas River at Durango, " I - <br /> averaged 2024 cfs as compared to the 1961-1991 June =. N �- - <br /> average of 2528 cfs. Cool mountain temperatures in early , , .-. Ill i ,: .-- -- II <br /> - <br /> June appeared to hold the snowpack from melting. The $ a ,,r ,I r , _ 1 <br /> existing snow froze and released later in the month causing - _ ft," <br /> rivers to peak lower and flows to diminish at a slower rate. ti = <br /> The first of July is a summer turning point in the southwest 0 �'^ . „ <br /> portion of the state with the bulk of the runoff having passed '3- 1 <br /> and rivers dropped off. Surface supplies will look to a healthy -• , ---.�.. . ., <br /> JA14113 JANM JAMS JAMS JANr7 JANN JANU JAN00 JNM, JA UO <br /> baseflow augmented by reservoir releases and summer AONTW TEAR <br /> rainstorms to continute irrigation of crops. Hay crops were <br /> very plentiful this year because of the early low level moisture. <br /> Hay grasses were cut on dryland fields which have been <br /> fallow for may years. <br /> • <br /> ANIMAS RIVER NR. DURANGO <br /> Outlook SLOWWIWATER TP.AR <br /> Reservoirs remained at or near full at the end of the 0.S ,.r° <br /> month. After irrigators begin to apply water toward a second <br /> hay crop reservoirs will be drawn down heavily. However, in M! <br /> S a.7 <br /> the Pine and Dolores River basins the return flows should + <br /> 0.8 <br /> allow for everyone to have a full supply. Generally prospects o a.s Jam• <br /> remain excellent for an adequate supply as the year h a• <br /> continutes. <br /> I 0.3 <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns 0.2 <br /> The La Plata Compact came into play during the 0., �* <br /> month of June causing many Colorado users to be curtailed, 0 <br /> Oct Nov Mc Jen Feb Msrch AOr I, May June July Aug Sept <br /> however early in the month everyone was receiving the water A,o„T,, <br /> they wanted. O WET C1273) + MT[9s77) a AVa • ism <br /> is <br /> REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> e00 DOUSES-ANIMASRIVER BASINS <br /> 350- <br /> r 300 <br /> n no./\ <br /> �1 - <br /> a. 200 <br /> bB <br /> My <br /> -//i/.///: \ <br /> e /30 <br /> 3 /00 <br /> SO <br /> 0 J4. \ /\ /////./N‘\ .\ <br /> WPM" riI1ecIto Lemon <br /> ® AVg. S/30 Contents ® N30/112 Contents <br /> 9 <br />