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<br />OPERATIONS <br /> <br />RESERVOIRS <br /> <br />During Waler Year 1973 the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin yielded 16,130,- <br />000 acre-leel, or 133 percent of the <br />long-lime average. The disposition 01 <br />this runoll is as follows: <br /> <br />Net Reservoir Storage <br />Increase <br />e"aporallon Loss <br />Bank Storage Increase <br />Release 10 Lower Basin <br /> <br />Tol"ll <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />Acre-Feet <br /> <br />5,240,000 <br />550,000 <br />230,000 <br />10,110,000 <br /> <br />16.130,000 <br /> <br />Water storage at Glen Canyon increas- <br />ed by 4,810.000 acre-feet. Flaming <br />Gorge losl 280,000 acre-leel. while <br />NaY8JO and Blue Mesa gained 500,000 <br />and 210,000 acre-feet, respectively. <br />This spring Fontanelle and Morrow <br />Point were again filled 10 capacity, and <br />storage in Lake Mead increased 2. <br />720,000 acre-feel. <br /> <br />A Federal District Court order on Feb- <br />ruary 27. 1973. limiting storage of water <br />in Lake Powell to a malCimum level 01 <br />elevation 3.606 leel. the boundary of <br />Rainbow Bridge National Monument. <br />resulted In the release to the Lower <br />Basin 01 about 1,425.000 acre-Ieet of <br />water that under the existing criteria <br /> <br />would have been stored in Lake Powell. <br />On May 1,1973. the Tenth Circuit Court <br />of Appeals granted a Stay of Execution, <br />thus allowing resumption 01 storage. In <br />August the Circuit Court reversed the <br />District Court decision. An all time high <br />water elevation occurred on September <br />19, 1973 when Lake Powell contained <br />17.306.000 acre-feet 01 active storage <br />at elevation 3.6461eel. This is about 24 <br />feet higher than the former all time high <br />that occurred two years ago. <br /> <br />RIVERS <br /> <br />Water Irom Colorado River Storage Pro- <br />ject storage reser....Olrs meets many day- <br />la-day demands and IS used 10 tul1111 <br />the multiple purposes lor which the <br />prOject was designed. Releases Irom <br />Glen Canyon Dam assisted the propa- <br />gation 01 bass in Lake Mead where bass <br />fiShing was reported to be satlslactory. <br />Ne....ertheless. power generation loads <br />were satisfied. and compact release <br />requirements were fulfilled_ Storage in <br />Navajo ReserVOir posSibly pre....ented <br />flood damage due to a high spring run- <br />all in the San Juan River Basin, Sus- <br />tained releases pro....ided fa....orable <br />nesting conditions lorducksand geese <br />along the Green River In Wyoming. <br />Utah, and Colorado Flows below Fon- <br />tenelle, Flammg Gorge. Blue Mesa. and <br />Morrow Point were regulated to meet <br />Irrigation and power demands. <br />