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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Date: July 11, 1996 <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />Jill 15 1996 <br /> <br />From: Water Resource Group, Salt Lake City <br /> <br />C~o.r~:fJ.?\\i".li':f <br />cons.a'....ai.lOl'I board <br /> <br />To: All Colorado River Annual Operating plan (AOP) Recipients <br /> <br />'i <br /> <br />Current Status <br /> <br />;1 <br /> <br />June <br />inflow (unreg) <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Percent <br />of normal <br /> <br />Midnight <br />July 10 <br />Elevation <br /> <br />: :..-/"/ ,~,~:::.'.,'~t~.~~~'~. <br />Reservoir storage <br />(acre- feet) <br /> <br />Fontenelle <br /> <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Powell <br />Navajo <br /> <br />500,000 <br />577,600 <br />269,600 <br />2,456,600 <br />47,200 <br /> <br />142 <br />123 <br />96 <br />83 <br />14 <br /> <br />6,500.31 <br />6,029.91 <br />7,516.47 <br />3,688.15 <br />6,058.68 <br /> <br />300,456 <br />3,342,586 <br />802,878 <br />22,469,936 <br />1,326,842 <br /> <br />Expected Operation <br /> <br />~';.: <br />~;~ <br /> <br />PONTENELLE - Releases from Fontenelle are currently <br />On June 27, releases will be reduced to 6000 cfs. <br /> <br />.. ...'<:':..',:'. .~ .;'.,- <br />_ .. "~',.:J ,." <br />"':""'r. :.:i-.. .~. ~"t ;. ';"; " ;"' ,-I~: " <br />at 6500. ciif.1;~;~,;. . <br />- T"""'..1' ~.~. rf, ,',~',jk-~h(. .;-~.. <br />. . ", ~:.'~~.'. 'I.. :~~?~~'i :;,.>"' <br /> <br />After being above 10,000 <br />Fonenelle is now dropping. <br />releases will be made. <br /> <br />cfs for nearly two weeks, inflow into <br />As it drops further, more reductions in <br /> <br />The reservoir is now 80 of capacity. The reservoir will likely be <br />full sometlme in early to mid July. <br /> <br />FLAMING GORGE - Releases from ?laming Gorge Reservoir are now at <br />1200 cfs. Releases will remain at 1200 cfs until the Yampa River <br />has dropped below 600 cfs. This will likely happen in the latter <br />part of July. Releases from Flaming Gorge will then be adjusted to <br />maintain a flow of 1800 cfs on the Green River near Jensen, Ut. <br /> <br />Flows In the Upper Green are now receding but are still at <br />relatively high levels. Inflow into Flaming Gorge is now about <br />7,000 cfs, The reservoir will be increasing until mid August.. <br />The current projection is for the reservoir to reach elevation 6033 <br />feet. <br /> <br />In water year 1996, Flaming Gorge lS again being operated in <br />compliance with the Final Biol~9ical Opinion for the Operation of <br />Flaming Gorge Dam (FBOFGD). Water year 1996 is the last year in <br />the five year research period, through which recommendations for <br />