WSP08531

• File Number: 8282.600.10
• Description: Colorado River Operating Annual Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1972
• Author: USDOI/BOR
• Title: Operation of the Colorado River Basin 1972 Projected Operations 1973
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

Curecanti Unit

Morrow Point Reservoir was essentially full
during water year 1972. On September 30,
1972, the reservoir contained] 16,100 acre-feet
of active storage at elevation 7,159 feet. Its
inflow is extensively controlled by the larger
Blue Mesa Reservoir which is upstream.
Morrow Point Reservoir will normally be
operated at or near full capacity regardless of
the amount of snowmelt runoff. (Chart 4)

Chart 4/ Morrow Point Reservoir

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RESERVOIR
MAXIMUM STORAGE
RATED HEAD
MINIMUM pmvER
SURFACE AREA (FULL!
RESERVOIR LENGTH (FULL)
PQWE R PLANT
NUMBER OF UNITS
TOTAL CAPACITY OF UNITS

ACTIVE STORAGE.
(ACRE.FEET) ELEVATION lFEET!
117.025 7160
79,805 7108
74,905 1100
817ACRES
11MILES

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