DWR_4151917

• Title: FEBRUARY 1998 SWSI: COLORADO WATER SUPPLY CONDITIONS UPDATE, SURFACE WATER SUPPLY INDEX
• Year: 1998
• Document Type - Publications and Reports: SWSI Monthly Report

COLORADO BASIN February, 1998
Basinwide Conditions Assessment:
The SWSI value of-0.1 indicates that for January the COLORADO R!VER BAS I N
basin water supplies were near normal. The Natural 5 Surface Water 5mphIy Inom HI platy
Resources Conservation Service reports February 1 snowpack 4_
as 92%of normal. Flow at the gaging station Colorado River J u
near Dotsero averaged 1,397 cfs as compared to the long term . :i : ,Y.w
average of 968 cfs. Storage in Green Mountain, Ruedi, and 2- = _..,"
Williams Fork reservoirs totaled 124%of normal as of the end 1- ;, -;
of January. 9 a ,'
%
The snow water equivalent for the Upper Colorado ,_ i E / '
River area is approximately 88% of normal. 'r / `'
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Administrative/Management Concerns '3-
Augmentation plans throughout the basin are being -4 ,
JAN89 JAN90 JAN91 JAN92 JAN93 JAN94 JAN95 JAN99 JAN87 JAN98
tabulated by the Division of Water Resources staff in WONTH/YEAR
Glenwood Springs to provide information for a database and
accounting system. Two relatively new staff positions are
integral in developing the processes for the administration of
approximately 350 plans.
COLORADO RIVER NR. DOTSERO
Public Use Impacts 500 FLOW 8Y WATER TEAR
The fish ladder on the Colorado River above the 450
Grand Valley headgate in Palisade is complete. The U.S.
400 -
Bureau of Reclamation finished work on the compacted earth 1
ladder in early February. j 330,
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REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS
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