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f <br /> ARKANSAS BASIN <br /> , <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of 2.1 indicates that for November the ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br /> basin water supplies were above normal. The Natural 5SlimlySurfaea Water Slimly Index History <br /> Resources Conservation Service reports December 1 snowpack <br /> as 179% of normal. Storage in Turquoise, Twin Lakes, W 3 ' <br /> Pueblo,and John Martin reservoirs totaled 111%of normal on : r <br /> November 30. Flow at the gaging station Arkansas River near 2 : ! = : <br /> Portland averaged 511 cfs, as compared to the 1965-1993 -November avers a of 441 cfs. ir . ,' +� Ik= ~ . <br /> g j ,f t11L <br /> l., • ! -\ 1 � <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns 2 _ <br /> The call on the Arkansas main stem during the first a <br /> 14 days of November was the Ft. Lyon #2 of 3-1-1887. The -3 . <br /> Winter Water Storage program began on November 15. -4 .,. . .......� ?.............. <br /> JAN65 JAN98 JAN8 AN T JAN9 J09 JAN90 JAN91 JAN62 JAN93 JAN94 <br /> Between November 15 and March 14 the call will stay at Ad11W YEAR . <br /> 3-1-1910 pursuant to the program's decree in case no. <br /> 84CW179. The total amount of water stored under the <br /> program from November 15 to November 30 was 24,855 acre <br /> feet. This compares to 28,494 acre-feet stored during the <br /> same period last year. ARKANSAS RIVER NR. PORTLAND <br /> FLOW fiY WATER YEAR <br /> 150 <br /> Public Use Impacts 140 <br /> Revised forms for reporting ground water pumping 130 ' <br /> pursuant to the Rules Governing The Measurement Of ,o ✓ <br /> Tributary Ground Water Diversions Located In The Arkansas i, 1ric, <br /> River Basin have been developed and are available at the o i 30 <br /> 2. <br /> Pueblo office of the Division of Water Resources: 219 West 2 <br /> 130 <br /> 5th Street Room 223,Pueblo CO 81022 (mailing address is 3" '° <br /> F.O. Box 5728). The following forms were revised: 3.1, 3.2, 160 - <br /> 50 <br /> 6.1, 6.2, and 7. Form 4 has been eliminated and the 40 <br /> information previously required on that form may now be 30 <br /> reported on form 3.1. <br /> Oct Nov Dee Jan Feb AVreh <br /> The Bureau of Reclamation is currently releasing 200 ,,,�T„ <br /> A <br /> cfs from Twin Lakes to maintain a flow of at least 550 cfs in WET`"�`' "a AVG k 11194 <br /> the Arkansas River at Wellsville. These releases are for the <br /> benefit of brown trout spawning. <br /> REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> Arkanaaa River eosin <br /> 120 <br /> 100- <br /> 100- <br /> .41 <br /> 90- <br /> \ <br /> TO <br /> $t Ste \ <br /> a 40 <br /> 20 <br /> John AYrtln Puable T.rouelse Twin Lakes <br /> ® Avg. 11/30 Contents ® 11/y0/94 Contents <br /> 4 <br />