WSP12299

• File Number: 8282.600.10
• Description: Colorado River Annual Operating Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1975
• Author: USDOI/BOR
• Title: Operation of the Colorado River Basin 1975 Projected Operations 1976
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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STATISTICS
ACTIVE STORAGE"

RESERVOIR

ELEVATION
FEET
"70
623.0
5700

MAXIMUM STORAGE
RATEDI-IEAD
MINIMU"IPQWER
SURFACE AAEA IFULlI
RESERVOIR LENGTH (FULL!

IACRE.
FEET!
1,810.000
1.188.000
217500
2S'200ACRES
'67MILES

POWER PLANT
NUMBER OF UNITS
TOTAL CAPACITY OF UNITS

5
225,000 KILOWATTS

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I"..ke lUohave

At the beginning of water year
1975, the water surface elevation
of Lake Mohave was 631 feet, with
an active storage of 1,380,200
acre-feet. During the winter
months, the water level was raised
to approximately 641 feet by the
end of February and maintained
between that level and 637 feet
through April. TIle highest water
level was 642 feet with an active
storage of 1,668,700 acre-feet on
March 14, 1975, which is about
the beginning of the heavy irriga.
tion season. The water level was
drawn down during the summer
months to elevation 631 feet with
an active storage of 1,385,400
acre-feet at the end of the water
year.

Lake Mohave releases were made
monthly to satisfy downstream re-
quirements, with a small amount
of reregulation by Lake Havasu.
During the water yeaT, 8,219,200
acre-feet were released at Davis
Dam, all of which was pas-sed
through the turbines for power
production. (Chart 8.)

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