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<br />8 <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />i--''I!I <br />.r\f'-J <br />Chart 3/ Blue Mesa <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />STATISTICS <br />ACTiVe STORAGE" <br />RESERVOIR <br /> <br />tACRE. <br />FEETl <br />929,523 <br />2.9,395 <br />81.070 <br />9180ACAES <br />:l4MILES <br /> <br />ELEVATION <br />IFEETl <br />7519 <br />7438 <br />1393 <br /> <br />MAXIMUM STORAGE <br />RATED HEAD <br />MINIMUM f'OWER <br />SURFACE AREA (FULL] <br />RESERVOIR LENG1H I~ULLl <br /> <br />POWER PLANT <br />NUMBER OF UNITS '2 <br />TOTAL CAPACITY OF UNITS 60,000 !(ILOWATTS <br />.dOft"orinclu~ !! 1.232~6 'Hrof dud sror~b~/o..1358 fHt <br /> <br />Cureeanti Unit <br /> <br />At the end of September 1974, <br />Blue Mesa Reservoir had 578,000 <br />acre.feet of active water storage, <br />with a surface elevation of 7,490 <br />feet. The reservoir was drawn <br />down to elevation 7,440 feet dur- <br />ing May 1975, with a content of <br />261,000 acre-feet. During April- <br />July 1975, inRow to Blue Mesa <br />was 829,000 acre. feet, with a 1975 <br />water year total of 1,080,000 acre. <br />feet. The seasonal high water level <br />for the reservoir wag elevation <br />7,508 feet and ,in active storage <br />of 730,000 acre. feet. During water <br />year 1975, a minimum fl()'\',." of 200 <br />ftg/s was maintained below Gun- <br />nison Tunnel to protect the fishery. <br /> <br />The March 1, 1975. forecast of <br />the April-July 1975 inRow to Blue <br />Mesa was 820,000 acre-feet. The <br />flood control regulations did not <br />require e\'acuation of space during <br />the: snowmelt season; consequent- <br />ly, the operation of Blue Mesa did <br />not include releases for flood <br />control. (Chart 3.) <br /> <br />From May 1 through September <br />30, 1975, reduced releases from <br />BIue Mesa caused flows to be com- <br />patible with construction activities <br />at the Crystal Darn site. <br /> <br />OUTFLOW <br /> <br />UPPER QUARTILE <br /> <br /> <br /> 4 <br /> 3 <br /> 2 <br />0 0 <br />z <br />0 4 <br />L> <br />w <br />~ 3 <br />i: <br />w 2 <br />w <br />~ <br />~ 1 <br />m <br />0 0 <br />L> <br />8 4 <br />0 3 <br />~ <br />w 2 <br />~ <br />.. <br />~ 1 <br />~ <br />~ 0 <br />~ <br /> 4 <br /> 3 <br /> 2 <br /> 1 <br /> 0 <br /> " :> u z ~ <br /> L> 0 w ~ u <br /> 0 Z 0 ~ <br /> I. <br /> <br />(l: Ii )- <br />.. ~ .. <br />~ .. ~ <br />WaUrYe.JIr un <br /> <br />w <br />Z <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br />~ I <br /> <br />. - <br />~~:i~: :.~~ .i?~ ,f,tj b,:,;.:~ .~~'t ~~. -~"'''' #~ ~~ ~~lf ~.,.~ : <br />t~8~ffi~~~~~gQ: <br />o Z 0 ::!; u... :!. <( :E ;; =; <( ~ I <br />Water Year 1171 . <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />ei <br />~ <br />.. <br />