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<br />Operations <br /> <br /> <br />. .""""'- <br />"V, t <br /> <br />l <br />Ie <br /> <br /> <br />Reservoirs <br /> <br />During the water year which ended September <br />30, 1982. the Upper Colorado River Basin <br />yielded 12.654,000 aere-feet. or 111 percent of <br />the long-time average. <br /> <br />The disposition of this runoff was as follows: <br /> <br />Net reservoir storage increase <br />Evaporation loss <br />Bank storage increase <br />Release to lower basin <br /> <br />Total yield <br /> <br />Acre-feet <br /> <br />3,640.000 <br />701.000 <br />1.000 <br />8.312.000 <br /> <br />12.654.000 <br /> <br />Water storage at Glen Canyon increased <br />2,254.000 acre.teet from October 1981 to <br />September 1982. Flaming Gorge storage <br />increased by 655,000 acre-feet and Navajo <br />and Blue Mesa storages decreased by <br />258.000 and 363.000 acre-feet. respectively. <br />Fontenelle Reservoir in Wyoming filled as <br />usual. Morrow Point and Crystal reservoirs <br />were operated at nearly full capacity the entire <br />water year. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />r""'" <br /> <br />^' q" <br />.'; ." ".~> <br />,..." <br /> <br />. "":1 <br />.. ", <br /> <br />~':r ... "."i.. <br />'t, ';i>"..; <br /> <br /> <br />Rivers <br /> <br />Minimum releases from Glen Canyon Dam <br />were maintained greater than 3.000 ft. )S <br />during the recreation season and greater than <br />1.000 ft. )S during the remainder of the year. <br />Flows in the Green River below Flaming Gorge <br />Dam were maintained greater than 800 ft. %>. <br />Gunnison River flows below the diversion to <br />the Gunnison River Tunnel were maintained <br />greater than 200 ft. )S. Flows below Fontenelle <br />Dam were regulated to meet irrigation, fish <br />and wildlife requirements, and power <br />demands. San Juan River flows below Navajo <br />Dam were regulated to meet irrigation and fish <br />and wildlife requirements. Minimum releases <br />from Navajo Dam were maintained at 530 ft. <br />is dUring March. April. May, and June for <br />fishery enhancement on the San Juan River. <br /> <br /> <br />Smaller Crystal Dam is only 6 miles from Morrow Point <br />