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<br />. . 120-.~~ <br /> I' D::1 <br />~ RECEIVED ~ '^ ~":) - sc <br /> "f~ . ' ASC <br /> SEP 1 3 1996 Date: September 11, 1996 ~\ <br /> ~Wiiater Resource Group, Salt Lake City :I <br /> Conservation Board <br /> To: All Colorado River Annual Operating Plan (AOP) Recipients <br /> <br />Current Status <br /> <br />August <br />inflow (unreg) <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Midnight <br />Percent September 10 <br />of normal Elevation <br /> <br />Reservoir storage <br />(acre- feet) <br /> <br />Fontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Powell <br />Navajo <br />* Regulated <br /> <br />72,400 <br />76,500 <br />37,400 <br />283,200 <br />22,400 * <br /> <br />81 <br />72 <br />56 <br />47 <br />42 <br /> <br />6,498.00 <br />6,030.96 <br />7,506.07 <br />3,681.06 <br />6,049.65 <br /> <br />283,200 <br />3,383,439 <br />771,893 <br />21,412,828 <br />1,217,799 <br /> <br />Expected Operation <br /> <br />FONTENELLE - Releases from Fontenelle are currently at 1400 cfs. <br />Releases will be reduced to about 1100 cfs by early October. <br />Releases will likely remain near '11.00 cfs throughout the fall and <br />winter in order to draw the reservoir down to elevation 6464 feet <br />prior to next seasons April through July runoff period. <br /> <br />FLAMING GORGE Releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir are now <br />averaging 1700 cfs. Releases are being made at this level so that <br />a target flow of 1800'cfs will be achieved on the Green River near <br />Jensen, Ut. Jensen is below the confluence of the Green and Yampa <br />Rivers. This flow level (1800 cfs) is being targeted in the <br />attempt to optimize backwater habitats for young Colorado <br />Squawfish. Releases from Flaming Gorge will be adjusted throughout <br />September and October to maintain. the 1800 cfs target flow level. <br /> <br />Releases during the 1996-1997 winter period (November through <br />March) will likely average about 1900 cfs. Open forum discussions <br />on Flaming Gorge operations have been taking place at meetings of <br />the "Flaming Gorge Working Group". A Working Group meeting was <br />held August 2 in Heber, Ut. The next Working Group meeting is <br />scheduled for October 23 at 10 am in Vernal, Ut. For more <br />information on the Working Group, contact Ed Vidmar at <br />801-379-1000. <br />