DWR_4151818

• Title: DECEMBER 1997 SWSI: COLORADO WATER SUPPLY CONDITIONS UPDATE, SURFACE WATER SUPPLY INDEX
• Year: 1997
• Document Type - Publications and Reports: SWSI Monthly Report

COLORADO BASIN December, 1997
Basinwide Conditions Assessment:
The SWSI value of 1.8 indicates that for November the COLORADO RIVER BASIN
basin water supplies were above normal. The Natural Surface water S"°°lY index History
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Resources Conservation Service reports December 1 snowpack '-
as 100%of normal. Flow at the gaging station Colorado River ,_ 3 - [
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near Dotsero averaged 1,471 cfs as compared to the long term r- ;�-
average of 1,156 cfs. Storage in Green Mountain, Ruedi, and 2- '" - "N
Williams Fork reservoirs totaled 127%of normal as of the end - �_-_
of November. i o 1 „ ' ;� (l7Z
Administrative/Management Concerns ` ' , "r }` '
it The Colorado Water Well Contractors Association a =
hosted a meeting in Glenwood Springs on November 19 with -3-
over 100 people in attendance. The topic, "Water Wells -Are -4 ,...-------- T
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They Reliable?", included discussions on water sources, MCNTN/YEAR
financial aspects, geotechnical, contamination,administrative
issues, and the well permitting process.
Public Use Impacts
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation started construction COLORADO RIVER NR. DOTSERO
of a fish ladder on the Colorado River near Palisade. The soo FLOW BY WATER YEAR
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Grand Valley Irrigation Company is funding the project which 450
will provide endangered fish access to upstream habitat.
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Completion is scheduled for February 1999.
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