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ARKANSAS BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of 0.3 indicates that for April the ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br /> basin water supplies were normal. The Soil Conservation s surf...Water Supply ' "'story <br /> Service reports April 30 snowpack at 115% of normal. 4 • <br /> Storage in Turquoise, Twin Lakes, Pueblo, and John Martin " <br /> w 3 <br /> reservoirs totaled 117% of normal on April 30. The National 2 ..'fr. `r. : <br /> Weather Service reports basin precipitation as 162%of normal .. = :4 <br /> during April. Flow at the gaging station Arkansas River near , 1 --- + ~�—� <br /> Portland averaged 496 cfs, as compared to the 1965-1993 1 0 F'ir- iL,= <br /> c ,,1,- _F,-t:_ : 1 "' , <br /> April average of 439 cfs. , <br /> Y - 1 Y I <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns o 2 — 1 L <br /> The call on the mainstem was 3/1/1887 for the first -3 <br /> 24 days of April, and varied between 5/1/1887 and 1/6/1890 -4 <br /> JANBS JANB6 JAN07 JAN9O JANB9 JAN90 JAN91 JAN92 JAN93 JAN94 <br /> during the remainder of the month. LUIfTW YEAR <br /> Public Use Impacts <br /> Rules requiring the measuring of tributary ground <br /> water diversions within the basin have been issued. These <br /> rules require all tributary wells, except those expressly ARKANSAS RIVER NR. PORTLAND <br /> exempted by the rules, to either have totalizing flow meters 21D FLOW BY WATER YEAR <br /> 200 <br /> installed by June 15, 1994, or have a power coefficient rating is° <br /> >,.. ( <br /> determined by October 1, 1994. The amounts of water 100 ' <br /> diverted must then be reported to the Division Engineer as of -4 160 <br /> 130 <br /> January 31 of each year. The forms required by the rules are 140 <br /> available at the Division Office in Pueblo. o; 120 <br /> The rules have been published in the Water Courts w 2 11D <br /> , 1D0 <br /> resume and in local newspapers. Any person desiring to S V so <br /> protest these rules must file a protest by the end of May in the 1 70 <br /> 60 <br /> manner provided in section 37-92-501 C.R.S. 50 <br /> Enforcement of these rules, and the 1972 rules 30 <br /> governing pumping of tributary wells which are not in a plan 20 <br /> Oct Nov Doc Jan Feb March Apr i I <br /> for augmentation, has started for this season. Approximately l,°I,ITM <br /> 200 wells were visited in April and 4 orders to cease and ° WET C9B4' ° DRY ° V 1994 <br /> desist pumping were issued. <br /> REPEPSENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br /> 170 <br /> 10— ` i <br /> 150— <br /> 130—130— / <br /> 120- <br /> 110- <br /> a° 90- <br /> g 70"\ <br /> 60 <br /> i ::" <br /> 0 <br /> 2D—/ <br /> 10 ��/�� <br /> 0 <br /> John Y4rt In Purblo Tlrqu°ICO Twin Lakes <br /> v_2J Avg 4/30 Contacts ® 4/30/94 Contante <br /> 4 <br />