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• COLORADO BASIN Basinwide Conditions Assessment: The SWSI value of 1.9 indicates that for February the COLORADO RIVER BASIN basin water supplies were above normal. The Natural 5 Surfs.+Ills S"°°Iy Ind ry.x HI Eton, .esources Conservation Service reports March 1 snowpack as 4_ 139% of normal. Flow at the gaging station Colorado River ,- _ • near Dotsero averaged 1,110 cfs as compared to the 1961- 3 r_ r am.(. 1993 average of 971 cfs. Storage in Green Mountain, Ruedi, 2- 1``4 and Williams Fork reservoirs totaled 119%of normal as of the � ,- end of February. g D —r l :"-�� , il ! : Grand Mesa and Summit County in particular received -,; y r substantial accumulations of snow. a _2-0 Administrative/Management Concerns Owners of reservoirs or ditches in national forests who -4 , A. JAN87 JAN88 JAN89 JAN90 JAN91 JAN92 JAN93 JAN94 JAMS JAN96 can prove ownership of their water systems prior to 1976 uDNTWYEAR • must apply to the Forest Service by December 31, 1996 to maintain free access. Owners who fail to meet this deadline will most likely need actual permits for access across the forest service land. COLORADO RIVER NR. DOTSERO Public Use Impacts 50p FLOW BY WATER YEAR On February 24, officials discovered an avalanche had 450 hit the outlet valve house at Homestake Reservoir. The slide 400 knocked the house over but did not move it across the valley 1 as happened last year. All valves had been shut prior to the Z ° , .„,.„,.>„.........„,,,------.): avalanche,including the slide gates,and there was no leakage o i 30Q through the outlet pipes. Because of the continued avalanche wig; ig 250 danger officials will not investigate the conditions of the s ,00 valves until spring. . 15Q 100 50 , Oct Nov Doc Jan Feb March MONTH 0 561 C 1994) 9 owe(1977) A AVG X 1986 REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS C0LORADO RIVER BASIN 90 80- 70 i 80-/ 'i sQ Nas 4Q \, r y • a 30 i 20/\\.,,\ 10 Orton Abunt.tn RANT Ill I Sant.Fork ® Avg. 212a cc.t.nt! ® 2/24,96 Cont... 7