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<br />000700 . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />Blue Mesa Reservoir has dropped only about 1 foot from its peak level <br /> <br />at elevation 7,474.1 feet reached on July 19, 1967, when 574,900 AF of <br /> <br />water was in storage. Connnercial power production, which begins this <br /> <br />month, should result in a withdrawal of storage this fall and winter to <br /> <br />about 36l,000 AF next April at elevation 7,438,08 feet. Since snowmelt <br /> <br />runoff of the Gunnison River is usually more than can be acconnnodated by <br />this amount of space in~the reservoir, the chances are excellent that the <br /> <br />reservoir will fill for the first time next year. <br /> <br />Filling of Morrow Point Reservoir should begin in early 1969 with only <br /> <br />a few months being required to completely fill the reservoir. <br /> <br />Navajo Reservoir now contains about 640,000 AF at elevation 6,485 feet <br /> <br />and we intend to hold the reservoir at about this level until the still- <br /> <br />ing basin repairs are completed. This provides an excellent recreational <br /> <br />potential without inhibiting the contractor's operations in the stilling <br /> <br />basin. We plan to operate the reservoir at or slightly above elevation <br /> <br />5,990 feet next year with a content of about 673,000 AF. <br /> <br />Lake Mead at present has a content of 14,240,000 AF and is expected to <br /> <br />stay at about this level for the next year. <br /> <br />GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS <br /> <br />Feasibility Investigations <br /> <br />The Battlement Mesa Project report dra.:ft is in the latter stages of com- <br /> <br />pletion and review.. <br /> <br />The project would develop the flows of Buzzard Creek to provide irrigation <br /> <br /> <br />water for 9,470 acres of land, including 3,l30 acres of presently irrigated <br /> <br />8 <br />