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Show APRIL RUN-OfF RUN OfF - LOWEST INHISTORY IN INHISTORY HISTORY OF COlORADO RIVERGrand RIVER ( ( Grand Junction Sentinel Sentinell SentinellRunoff ) Run-off Run off - - of the Colorado river abm abot abo\eits abo eits \ e eits eits its junction here with the Gunnisonwas GunnisonI Gunnisonwas Gunnison I was the lightest during the past month monthof monthof monthof of any April in the past 23 years and andpossibly andpossibly andpossibly possibly the lightest l1ghtest flow in all history history.recoids historyrecoids . , , . rec01ds records of the U S reclamation bur- bur bureau burcan bur bureau - eau can offices in Grand Gnnd Junction indicate mdicate . Total flow of of- ot-the ot the ofthe , . - - the Colorado past the thestate thestate thestate state bridge , , immediately lnunedlately east of Pali Pali- Palisade Palisade Palisade - sade , , during the past month of April Aprilwas Aprilwas Aprilwas was only 84,000 84000 , , acre feet Daily tabu tabu- tabulations tabulations tabulations - lations of water flow during dunng irrigatlOn irrigation irrigatlOnseasons irrigationseasons irrigationseasons seasons have been made at that point pointby pointby pointby by the reclamation bureau since smce 1910 1910and , , and no other month in the mtervemng23year mtervemng mtervemng23year intervening23-year intervening23 year 23-year 23 year - period has brought so little littlewater littlewater littlewater water down the streamThe streamThe stream The 84,000 84000 , , acre feet-of feet of - water WhICh WhIChpassed whichpassed whichpassed passed under the state bridge repre repre- represented represented represented - sented , in fact only.a onlya only a . little more than thanonehalf thanonehalf thanone-half thanone half one-half one half - - the former low April record recordfor recordfor recordfor for the 23-yeai 23 yeai 23-yeal yeal 23-year year - period The previous previouslow previouslow previouslow low for April Apnl was 142,000 142000 , , acre feet , , the therunoff therunoff therun-off therun off run-off run off - tor for that month in 1920 April's Aprils April'smaXImum April'smaximum April'smaximum Aprilsmaximum ' ' maXImum during the 23 years came in In1930 1930 , , " , when Shen hen 405,000 405000 , , acre feet was wasme"lsured wasmeasured wasmeasured me"lsured melsured measured " i me"lsuredAt measuredAt At the present time , , flow of the theColorado theColorado theColorado Colorado river at the point of measurement measurement roeasure- roeasure measure- measure - - [ ment near Palisade is approhlmatelr approximately approximately2100 ) 2100 second feet , according to ' W 'V V . JI JChiesman JChiesman J Chlesman Chiesman , , superintendent supermtendent of i . , , the theGrand theGrand theGrand I i Grand Valley Vallcy reclamation project projectThis project-This project This - This flow is just half of that for thedate thosame the tho 'same same ' ' same date last year , , when the averng2I averng2was averagewas avernge- avernge averng2- averng2 average averngeWas - - feetI feetContinued feetContinued feet | Was 4200 second I I [ Continued cold weather in ill all districts dis- dis disI districts dis districts - tricts , , both in the high mountainI mountainareas mountainareas mountain I areas of the Colorado mer n\er n er riser \ atershed satershed " , watershedand . , , I and in the thf > 10 lower loser " er sections , , is respon respon- responsible responsible responsible - sible for the stleam's stleams stieam's stieams sti cam's cams ' ' liglit lIght flow so far farthis farthis farthis this season In addition nddition , snowfall snowfalldurmg snowfallSuring snowfallduring durmg Suring the winter on the CoIOlndo Colorado Coloradowatershed CoIOlndowatershed Coloiadowatershed watershed was well below normal If IfI Ifan Ifan ifan an extended c\.tended c.tended c .tended tended ' \ . period of warm W\rnl W rnl ' \ weatherloccurs weatheroccurs weather I .occurs occurs . later this month or in June , , aheavy a . aheavy loccurs [ heavy run-off run off - is expectedW expected W . " |