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<br />~, <br /> <br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO <br />RIVER COMMISSION <br /> <br />RECEWED <br />FEB 2 6 1998 <br /> <br />Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board <br /> <br />355 South 400 East. Salt Lake City. Utah 84111 . 801-531-1150 · FAX 801-531-9705 <br /> <br />TO: Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers <br /> <br />FROM: Everett E. Sunderland, Staff Engineer <br /> <br />DATE: February 22, 1998 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: CONTENT, POWER GENERA nON AND STREAMFLOW OF SELECTED <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN RESERVOIRS AND TRIBUTARIES <br /> <br />UPPER BASIN RESERVOIR CONDITIONS <br />Conditions for selected Colorado River System reservoirs on January 31, 1998 are shown in <br />Table I, Data was taken from the montWy reservoir summary provided by the Bureau of <br />Reclamation Upper Colorado Regional Office Water Resources Group. Reservoir storage <br />capacity conditions for January 31, 1998 are also shown below in figure I. <br /> <br />Table I. <br />STORAGE <br />RESERVOIR <br /> <br />F ontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Navajo <br />Lake Powell <br />Upper Basin Total <br /> <br />Conditions for Colorado River System Reservoirs, January 31, 1998 <br />WATER SURFACE RESERVOIR CHANGE IN LIVE STORAGE <br />ELEVATION LIVECONTENT CONTENT CAPACITY <br />(ft,) (\OOO.J.) (1000..f.) (1000"f.) <br /> <br />6,481.76 <br />6,028,13 <br />7.481.93 <br />6,07331 <br />3,678.93 <br /> <br />176,70 <br />3,277.40 <br />520.20 <br />1,527,00 <br />21, I 02,60 <br />26,603.90 <br /> <br />(47.00) <br />(45.80) <br />(58.20) <br />(31.00) <br />(492.70) <br />(674.70) <br /> <br />100% I <br /> <br />80% I <br />I <br />60% I <br />I <br />40% I <br />I <br />20% I <br />I <br />0% I <br />Fontenelle <br /> <br />Live Storage Capacity <br />Conditions January 31, 1998 <br /> <br />LIVE STORAGE <br />CAPACITY <br />('I.) <br /> <br />345 <br />3,749 <br />829 <br />1,696 <br />24,322 <br />30,941 <br /> <br />51.22% <br />87.42% <br />62,75% <br />90,04% <br />86.76% <br />85.98% <br /> <br /> <br />Blue <br />M_ <br /> <br />Navajo <br /> <br />lAk. <br />Powell <br /> <br />Flommg <br />Go"" <br /> <br />la Uve Content <br /> <br />E3 Available Storage I <br /> <br />Figure 1. <br /> <br />U~lper <br />a..m <br />To'" <br />