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<br />, <br /> <br />i <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />.~ Af ~ .~. <br />4J...i...... <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY AND REQUIREMENTS <br /> <br />'; <br /> <br />Streamflaw and Storage <br /> <br />The staff continued its collection of basic data <br />on watet supply and use, estimates of unmeas- <br />ured items and projections of all items affecting <br />the water budget of Colorado River. Data in this <br />section are reponcd for the water year from <br />October 1, 1966, through September 30, 1967. <br />The /low of Colorado River at Lee Ferrv dur- <br />ing the water year was 7,782,000 acre-feet. <br />Adjusted for changes in surface storage in the <br />Colorado River Storage Project reseervoirs, the <br />quantity becomes 8,327,000 acre-feet. The Bu- <br />reau of Reclamation estimates that if there had <br />been no upstream man-made depletions the vir- <br />gin /low at Lee Ferry would have been approxi- <br />matclv 11,700,000 acrc-fcct. For comparison the <br />estimated annual average undepleted or virgin <br />/low was 13.7 million acre-feet during the 1922- <br />67 period of record and 14,8 million acre-feet <br />during the 1896-1967 period, Plate 4 shows esti- <br />mated annual virgin flows at Lee Ferry since <br />1896, <br />Climatological data early in the 1966-67 water <br />year gave indications of high runoff of the Colo- <br />rado River. However, the prospect of having <br />two succcssive years with below average flows <br />was assured by an extremely dry spring in the <br />major contributing areas of the basin. The Janu- <br />ary 1967 forecast of the Bureau of Reclamation <br />predicted an April-Jul~' inflow to Lake Powell <br />of 10,000,000 acre-feet, bur succeeding forecasts <br />were drasticallv reduced, and the actual runoff <br />during April-July 1967 was only 6,045,000 acre- <br />feet. <br />Table 2 summarizes the Bureau of Reclama- <br />tion forecasts of the 1967 April-July inflow to <br />Lake Powell. <br />Measured flows at the three upstream stations <br />which account for approximately 95 percent of <br />the inflow to Lake Powell were all less than <br />average, Regulated releases below Hoover Dam <br />were limited to the amounts necessary to meet <br />consumptive use requirements in the United <br />States and the obligations to Mexico. <br />Flows at key points in the basin for water year <br />1966-67 are shown in Table 3. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />f, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Table 2 <br /> <br />U,S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION FORECASTS OF <br />APRIL-JULY RUNOFF INTO LAKE POWELL <br /> <br />Mton ForuQst <br />Altan FortcQst. % oj AtJtragef % of <br />196i FoucaJts as of {.-lcrt-fat} 1906-1966 Actual Runoff <br /> <br />January L________ <br />February L __ _ _ ___ <br />March L__________ <br />April L___________ <br />May L___________ <br />June L___________ <br /> <br />1O,0CNl,<XXl <br />9,900,000 <br />8,800,000 <br />6,300,000 <br />5,100,000 <br />5,700,0CK) <br /> <br />165 <br />163 <br />145 <br />1M <br />84 <br />94 <br /> <br />119 <br />118 <br />105 <br />75 <br />61 <br />68 <br /> <br />. Alluming no regulation by major reluvoin upltream. <br />t U.S.B.R. enimate of average April-July historic inAowl to Lake Powell for <br />the 1906-1966 period i~ 8,500,o:xJ acre-feet. <br /> <br />Table 3 <br /> <br />MEASURED FlOW IN COlORADO RIVER <br />BASIN FOR WATER YEAR 1966-67 <br /> <br />(Thousands 01 Acre-Ieet) <br /> <br />Statioll <br /> <br /> M~aJurrd Flow <br /> AdjUJud for Chang~ <br /> in Surfac~ Storag~ <br />M~afurrd AdjUft~d %of <br />Flo~() Flow ..Jvtragtf <br />3,059 3,298 63 <br />3,963 4,215 100 <br />934 1,051 59 <br />7,956 8,564 <br />7,809 8,354-. 71 <br />8,257 8,802. 74 <br />7,832 81 <br />7,941 83 <br />6,407 74 <br />1,566 45 <br /> <br />Uppu Rafin <br />Green R. @ Green River (Utah) <br />Colorado R. @Cisco(Utah)___ <br />San Juan R. @ Bluff (Utah)_ __ <br /> <br />SubtotaL. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ____ <br /> <br />Colorado R. at Lee Ferry________ <br />Lou:tr BaJin-Colorado R. <br />Near Grand Canyon__________ <br />Below Hoover Dam___________ <br />Below Davis Dam____________ <br />Below Parker Dam_______.___ <br />Flow into Mexico_____________ <br /> <br />. It is ellimated that about JJ2,UO acre-feel wn absorbed in Lake Po....ell bank <br />.!Crage during the water year 1966-67. <br />1 The averagei for the itUlOnl upltream from Hoover Dam reprelent the 1922- <br />67 period which i, the lenKth of record ilt Lee ferry. The llverail:e, lor Hoover <br />Dam ;;lnd downltream nation, reprelenlthe 1950-65 period which il the length <br />01 record al Davi. Dam. <br /> <br />Article III (d) of the Colorado River Com- <br />pact provides that the States of the Upper Divi- <br />sion will not cause the /low of the river at Lee <br />F err)' to be depleted below an aggregate of 75,- <br />000,000 acre-feet for any period of ten consecu- <br />tive years, In the past five years the accumulation <br />of storage in the Colorado River Storage Project <br /> <br />27 <br />