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<br /> <br />Inside of Blue Mesa Powerplant. <br /> <br />(;eneralln9 Unit Malnlenance <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> GC .1 - <br /> r.:r..? - <br /> r::r..1 . <br /> Ir::r. .4 -~ <br /> GC.5 - <br /> GC.6 - <br /> GC.7 <br /> GC.8 <br /> F.G, .1 - .. <br /> F.G,.2 <br /> F,G,.3 - <br /> 8.M, .1 . - <br /> 8.M, .2 - <br /> M,P. .1 - <br /> M,P,.2 ~- <br /> Crystal - <br /> ontene <br /> - ". Ocl. No., Oec~ Jail, Feb, Mar. Apr, May June July Aug. Sep. <br /> ---- <br /> G,C, .1 <br /> G.C, .2 . - <br /> r::,C .1 <br /> G,C, .4 <br /> G.C. .5 <br /> G,C, .6 - <br /> G,C. .7 - <br /> G,C" .8 - .. - <br />.1 .. <br />. ? .. <br />.1 ... <br /> '" .1 -- <br />. IR M .? - - <br />" M,P..1 - <br />, M,P,.2 <br />Cr.stal - <br /> Fontenell - <br /> <br />.'2 <br />c <br />=> <br />'" <br />.'::: ;; <br />- ~ <br />'" - <br />" > <br />~ . <br />" ,0 <br />CJ ~ <br />E <br />C " <br />en ~ <br />'" ~ <br />In . <br />" ~ <br />" ~ <br />a.' <br />o.~ <br />=> ~ <br /> <br />) <br />~* <br /> <br />, ~ <br />~ oS <br />. <br />, ~ <br />) ~ <br />. <br />E <br />j ~ <br />l ~ <br />) ~ <br />t ~ <br />l ~ <br /> <br />7, <br />, r~~:". <br />" 1i"'1 <br />'y,}. <br />"\ "~ I <br />~'.J <br />f.'1 <br /> <br />'1 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />View 0' powerplanl at base 01 Crystal Dam <br /> <br />lower Basin - <br />Waler Year 1981 <br />As discussed in the section on additional <br />releases, on June 19, 1980, the Secretary of <br />the Interior, consistent with his previous <br />approval. declared that extra water would be <br />released from Hoover Dam sufficient to <br />aenerate contract-defined firm energy during <br />the year of operation ending May 31. 1981. <br /> <br />The Hoover Powerplant followed this schedule <br />with necessary monthly modification to allow <br />for prudent excess releases from Hoover <br />Oam along with mandated flood control <br />releases by the Corps of Engineers tram <br />Alamo and Painted Rock Dams to meet <br />downstream requirements, while minimizing <br />damage to the interests in the United Slales <br />and in the Repu15lic of Mexico, The releases <br />jrom Painled Rock Dam continued until <br />No.ember 1980. and releases tram Alamo_ <br />- Dam were made from July until mid.October, <br />Beginning in NO\l'embef, however, <br />precipitation at the 13 selected basin stations <br />dropped below normal and continued to <br />decline. In view of the January forecast of <br />below normal April.July runoff and proiecled <br />reservoir conditions, Hoover releases were <br />reduced to meet downstream requlremen1s <br />only, <br />