DWR_4151863

• Title: OCTOBER 1995 SWSI: COLORADO WATER SUPPLY CONDITIONS UPDATE, SURFACE WATER SUPPLY INDEX
• Year: 1995
• Document Type - Publications and Reports: SWSI Monthly Report

COLORADO BASIN
Basinwide Conditions Assessment:
The SWSI value of 3.3 indicates that for September COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Sur'"",mot°`Supply Index"IAtory
the basin water supplies were well above normal. Storage in
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Green Mountain, Ruedi, and Williams Fork reservoirs totaled 4- •
120% of normal as of the end of September. Flow at the w 3 J J ;�
gaging station Colorado River near Dotsero averaged 1,429 cfs
as compared to the 1961-1993 average of 1,414 cfs. The 2 r;
National Weather Service reports basin precipitation at 128% J 1 r ;;
of normal during the month. g 0 r", `
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Outlook , ,
Negotiations continue in supplying adequate flows for -
the fish in the 15-mile reach (a portion of the Colorado River 3-
below Grand Junction). The Colorado Water Conservation
JAN86 JAN87 JAN88 JAN69 JAN90 JAN91 JAN92 JAN93 JANB4 JAN95
board must file for additional minimum stream flows on this M3NTWYEAR
reach by December 31 to comply with the time line of the
Recovery Implementation Plan Recovery Action Program
(RIPRAP).
Administrative/Management Concerns COLORADO RIVER NR. DOTSERO
FLOW BY WATER YEAR
As part of the Colorado River Decision Support 3.2
System, water commissioners in the basin were allotted new 3
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computers for use in compiling data in their respective 2.6
drainages. d 2,4
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Public Use Impacts o
Snow hit the high country in late September and early W V ,,
October, giving the ski areas hopes of early business. 3 12
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WINT"
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REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS
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