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ARKANSAS IN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: I <br /> The SWSI value of-0.4 indicates that for October the SURFACE WATER SUPPLY INDEX <br /> River Marta <br /> basin water supplies were near normal. Precipitation for the . iriaar. <br /> month was 83% of average. Flow at the gaging station, ,_ <br /> Arkansas River near Portland, averaged 250 cfs for the month - 3_ ;41 i <br /> as compared to the 1965-1991 October average of 431 cfs. - - . ;,; 1` : ; <br /> Reservoir storage measured on November 1, 1991,was 107% 1 ' <br /> 3 I I i .1 ; I <br /> of average. Storage (usable) in the upper reaches of the basin 1 I f <br /> i n I I:! II / I I <br /> in Turquoise Reservoir and Twin Lakes Reservoir amounted to 1 a '■ . ' ' "■ ""I , . ,, <br /> a ; ',, <br /> 1 I I <br /> 156,624 acre-feet. Pueblo Reservoir had 46,048 acre-feet .1- <br /> (usable) in storage on November 1 which is approximately _ ' <br /> 44% of average for the date. a �_ - <br /> ° <br /> -3- <br /> Outlook: -4 <br /> .YWa2 .....I3 JAW JABS JAmn JANil7 JAIL I• JAM!! J/M° JAW <br /> While early October had record setting high ......6.R <br /> temperatures the month ended with record lows. Predictions <br /> are for a more severe winter than the last eight years. <br /> Administrative/Manazement Concerns: • <br /> The Arkansas River Compact Administration meeting ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR PORTLAND <br /> is scheduled for the first Tuesday of December in Lamar. 2. , <br /> 1991 diversion records are currently being finalized,any water 2°off/ <br /> user who wishes to offer "user supplied" data must provide =. <br /> Jf <br /> this data to their water commissioner before December 1. 2. <br /> Owners of water rights who protested their inclusion on the 19 <br /> '' '-'e July 1 abandonment list will be notified by mail of the a 1a �///` <br /> ! 12 /�/ <br /> outcome of their protest. A revised abandonment list will be i',2:, 1. !/ <br /> submitted to the Water Court about December 20. 1a <br /> Administrative action against illegal or undecreed diversions 3 ' <br /> in the Horse Creek drainage continues. Those failing to <br /> comply with orders by December 31, 1991, will have 2 <br /> injunction actions brought against them. On October 26 the a <br /> 196S-1930 OCTOEC-a ArERAGE OCTCEER 1991 <br /> call on the main stem of the Arkansas River shifted from the <br /> Catlin Canal (12-03-1884) to the Amity Ditch (02-21-1887). <br /> Public Use Impacts: <br /> Water based recreation at Pueblo Reservoir and on the <br /> Arkansas River above Pueblo Reservoir will be maintained. Arkansas Basin Reservoir Supp I i es <br /> John Martin Reservoir, however,was storing only 8741 acre- 11a <br /> feet of water at the end of October which is 15%of the 1961- lac <br /> 1991 average. It is at the lowest level since 1980. - <br /> .i •O i <br /> 1 i ' z\ . /\ <br /> bP 7a • <br /> 20 <br /> i ^. /\. V <br /> 10 J /\ . //. <br /> r\ <br /> a. , <br /> Joan Martin P%..AIo TrOWIM T.In Lakes <br /> ® A. . 1 a.31 Cement. ® /at ri..i 041113 to <br /> 4 <br />