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Show 1.154 A The day we started, it was about 2,300 or 3,000 second- feet. He had somewhere about ten times as much water when he started as we had, although on one day we had a peak of 12,000. By the Special Master: Q But from October to May there it runs along about the same, does it not? A A very uniform flow from October to May-- very low; in general, lower than when I was there. A fall of 2,000, 3,000, or 4,000 second- feet on the Green River and the Colorado River is quite a large one. By Mr. Blakmar: Q Well, are there-- I suppose we would say " physical" reasons why that water out there is lower in the months of October, November, December, January, and February than it is in the other months? A Well, this large run- off in May, June and July comes largely from the melted snow in the mountains; and as soon as that snow is melted and run off, the flow decreases until the flood which we may have in August and September, on account of thunderstorms. Thunderstorms are rare during October and November, and practically absent during December, January and February. So we have a condition where about 70 per cent of the water runs off in a couple of months, or two and one-half months, with the remainder of the year low, except for 2115 |
