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, <br /> n SAN JVeN/DOLORES BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of-1.5 indicates that for October the SURFACE WATER SUPPLY INDEX <br /> 0110117 <br /> basin water supplies were below normal. Precipitation for the .— . J"'"°'""'"'miop'"` <br /> month was only 58% of average. Flow at the gaging station, 4 <br /> Animas River at Durango, averaged 259 cfs as compared to . . , <br /> the 1961-1991 October average of 384 cfs. Water conditions ; t , : - I : , . - <br /> in the San Juan basin during October went from dry to drier '- ;, r i , ; ,:,' `- <br /> t ii ,r II'1'II ■ i■ <br /> as little precipitation fell during the month. Durango received I ' ii, �'Li ■,a ' <br /> only .67 inches of precipitation, with the majority occurring 11 a .,,I r u '1111 ■■ WI i�si ` .,' i f <br /> ■I1 I'I�ii�l � ■III ■M 111� �I � _ ■I I i <br /> the last four days of the month. Reservoir storage was more - .1 '4 fir' <br /> than adequate as Lemon and Vallecito carried 120% or more . • <br /> of their averages into the winter months. A cold spell dropped o -�- . i.j1 \ <br /> temperatures on the twenty-ninth to 15 decrees and abruptly "'- , <br /> ended the unseasonably warm weather experienced earlier. -• , ,. + <br /> 44N1? JAN13 JANM J NOS JINN JAN17 JANM J N11 JAT/° 44141 <br /> MdITW 764,11 <br /> Outlook: <br /> Streamflow is likely to be near normal for the <br /> remainder of the year.Adequate carry-over storage suggests a <br /> positive water supply for 1992. <br /> ANIMAS RIVER AT DURANGO <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns: 24 r <br /> The La Plata Compact was administered as it had 22 <br /> been in the previous months. At the end of October only 65 ?° <br /> cfs was flowing at the upper index station at Hesperus. 18 <br /> Streams which came off call in September had became short a , <br /> •y <br /> of water by the end of October and several areas went back �l '~ <br /> under administration or were supplemented by late season i g <br /> reservoir releases from storage. " <br /> . <br /> Public Use Impacts: <br /> Adequate carry-over storage in area reservoirs coupled 2 A. <br /> with normal stream flows should alleviate many of the adverse ° ,as,_,,,°waxen Aye ocrp,951 <br /> impacts the recreational water user encountered last year. On <br /> October 31 the Dolores River below McPhee Reservoir was <br /> flowing at 30 cfs. <br /> Dolores-Animas Basin Reservoir Supplies <br /> a.° <br /> 00"i <br /> Ii <br /> ,00 <br /> I <br /> w-,7.\\\//4\ <br /> - ,,m. <br /> :I_,..,:),....\\ <br /> - <br /> NcPree v4(•CIto L•.on <br /> ® 4.43. ,W 31 C.ns•,K• ® 1W 31/01 C4.s•nt• <br /> 9 <br />