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Albuquerque Area Office Water Resources Group

San Juan-Chama Project

Evaporation Loss on Rio Grande Water
Stored in Reservoirs Above Otowi
and Total Rio Grande Storage at El Vado and Abiquiu
2008
(Unit = Acre-Feet)

Table 6. El Vado      
Evaporation above Otowi And El Vado Abiquiu Otowi
  Abiquiu Reservoir Reservoir Evaporation
  Rio Grande Rio Grande Rio Grande Adjustment
Month Storage Loss Loss  
  (1) (2) (3) (4)=(2)+(3)
January 99604 36 1 37
February 100646 0 -1 -1
March 88011 25 17 42
April 80810 470 55 525
May 171160 785 50 835
June 160482 1160 241 1401
July 163084 567 5 572
August 144560 710 -4 706
September 124485 547 -3 544
October 117843 367 -0 367
November 118010 184 -0 184
December 116898 -11 -1 -12
 
Annual   4820 376 5196
 
(1)Sum of natural storage in El Vado and Abiquiu.
(2)Actual net evaporation loss to natural pool in El Vado.
(3)Actual net evaporation loss to natural pool in Abiquiu.
(4)Sum of net evaporation losses in El Vado and Abiquiu.
Data Current as of January 16, 2009.
NA=Data currently unavailable.