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<br />UPPER BASIN RESERVOIRS <br /> <br />FONTENELLE RESERVOIR <br />(GREEN RIVER) <br /> <br />Water Year 1995 <br /> <br />FonteneUe Reservoir began water year 1995 with an <br />elevation of 1978.4 meters (6490.7 feet) with 286 million <br />cubic meters (232,000 acre-feet) of live storage (67 percent <br />of capacity). <br /> <br />The Upper Green River Basin after 8 consecutive years of <br />helow normal flows experienced an above average year. The <br />April through July runoff into the reservoir during water <br />year 1995 was 1,157 million cubic meters (938,000 million <br />acre-feet) or 115 percent of the long-term average and <br />FonteneUe easily ftlled in 1995. <br /> <br />ACTUAl. RELEASES 11195 <br /> <br />MILLJOM cuaac IH'nM <br />eoo <br /> <br />THOlJUlID ACIII-''''' <br />- <br /> <br />- -- - .- - - -- .- <br /> f \ <br /> I \ <br /> / , <br /> "- <br /> . <br /> <br />eoo <br /> <br />401 <br /> <br />400 <br /> <br />u. <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />.03 <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />,.. <br /> <br />. . <br />c;'''''t'';.;I;.,,..,I>,, <br /> <br /> <br />Releases of up to 173 cubic meters per second (6,121 cubic <br />feet per second) were released in 1995. Peak inflow into <br />FonteneUe Reservoir was 323 cubic meters per second <br />(11,400 cubic feet per second) on June 19, 1995. <br />Approximately 550 million cubic meters (445,600 acre-feet) <br />of water bypassed the turbines in water year 1995. <br /> <br />FON"IENELLE RESERVOIR <br /> <br />Rescrvoir <br /> <br />Storage Capacity <br />Normal Pool Elevation <br />Minimum Power Pool <br />!W.ne.(.'t. Afu., {\l.U <br />Rael\'Oir Length, Cull <br /> <br />426 million cubic metCni (345,000 acre-Ceet) <br />1982.9 meters (6S06.0 reet) <br />1970.0 melers (6463.5 (eel) <br />3,1.fIJ \\e<Uo... (8,OSS _em;) <br />29 kilometers (18 milea;) <br /> <br />Powemlanl <br /> <br />Number or Units <br />Total Capacity <br /> <br />1 <br />10,000 KW <br /> <br />5 <br />