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<br />-, <br /> <br />. 001 G,) 1 <br />~ l) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />during this spring runoff and then drop to a level which would still be <br /> <br />well above minimum power pool, so that continued power production at Glen <br /> <br />Canyon is assured. Water storage in Flaming Gorge, Blue Mesa, and Navajo <br /> <br />would experience a small net reduction by about a year from now. <br /> <br />It is interesting to note that storage in Lake Powell is at an all <br /> <br />time high and is rising. Lake Powell contains about 9,000,000 acre-feet <br /> <br />of its total capacity of 27,000,000 acre-feet. The lake has a surface <br /> <br />area of about 69,000 acres and the depth of water at the dam is about 400 <br /> <br />feet as compared with a total depth when full of 560 feet. <br /> <br />GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS <br /> <br />Completion of feasibility reports and related work on the Animas <br /> <br />La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, and San Miguel projects has <br /> <br />been expedited so that <br /> <br />pending legislation on <br /> <br />authorization can be considered in connection with <br />the c<::i'f!'~~f7S~"'fr~,,~~.c&.r. (#,e~71) <br /> <br />)/ The Mimas La Plata feasibility report was returned to the Secretary <br /> <br />of the Interior by the Bureau of the Budget with the suggestion that the <br /> <br />plan be further reviewed as to water pollution, direct benefits and costs, <br /> <br />and other matters. A supplement to the report has been completed. The <br /> <br />Animas La Plata project, as modified by these studies, would regulate the <br /> <br />unusual flows of the Animas and La Plata Rivers for irrigation of non- <br /> <br />Indian and Indian lands and municipal and industrial use at Durango, Colo- <br /> <br />rado, and Farmington, New Mexico, and at other communities and prospec~ <br /> <br />tive industrial sites in the project area. The project would provide a <br /> <br />supplemental water supply to 25,600 acres of land inadequately irrigated <br /> <br />3 <br />