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<br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />STATISTICS <br />ACTIVE STORAGE" <br />RESERVOIR ACAE. ELEVATION <br />FEETI (FEET) <br />MAXIMUM STORAGE 3,749,000 6040 <br />RATED HEAD 1.062.000 !>946 <br />MINIMuM POWER 233,000 5871 <br />SURFACE ARV, (FULL: 42.02:i ACR'i:S <br />RESERVOIR LENGTH (FULl) l/1 MILES <br />POWER PLANT <br />NUMBER OF UNITS 3 <br />1"OTA'~CAPAC1T'l lQB,OOOl(llOWAfTS <br /> <br />'do~~ nor ,,>elud' IlJJXJO <<F' INf of dud Hor~f <br />Mlow 5740 fNf I <br /> <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Flaming Gorge Reservoir is oper- <br />ated as part of the Colorado River <br />~torage project (CRSP) in accord. <br />ance with governing compacts and <br />laws to provide river regulation, <br />optimum power production, <br />recreational opportunities, and <br />fish and wildlife benefits. <br /> <br />On September 30, 1974, the Flam- <br />ing Gorge water surface was at <br />elevation 6,036 feet. The active <br />storage was 3,583,000 acre-feet. <br />Releases for power production <br />caused the reservoir to recede ]3 <br />feet during the rail and winter to <br />elevation 6,023 feet. The April. <br />July 1975 runoff above Flaming <br />Gorge was 1,635,000 acre.feet, or <br />14.3 perc.ent of the lo-ng-time aver- <br />age. With this runoff, Flaming <br />Gorge filled on July 28, 1975, at <br /> <br />elevation 6,040 feet with an active <br />storage of 3,750,000 acre.feet of <br />water. (Chart 2.) <br /> <br />During August, September, and <br />October, reservoir releases were <br />increased to above normal. The <br />reservoir water le\'el was drawn <br />down so releases during November <br />could be reduced to permit opera- <br />tion of construction equipment in <br />the river below the dam to remove <br />material deposited during s.pillway <br />testing in July 1975. <br /> <br /> OUTFLOW <br /> UPPER aUARTI LE <br /> 4 <br /> 3 <br /> 2 <br />0 0 <br />z <br />0 4 <br />u <br />w 3 <br />w <br />~ <br />w 2 <br />w <br />. <br />u <br />" 0 <br />0 <br />u <br />0 4 <br />8 3 <br />= <br /> <br /> <br /> >" <br /> ".,,-,- <br />w ~ " ,.. ,; u z' <i <i > w > " <br />z ~ '" ~ z ~ '" <br />~ "i ~ w U 0 w ~ w "' ~ "' "i "i ~ w <br />~ "' ~ I 0 z c ~ ~ "' ~ "' ~ I <br /> WallrVelr Illi <br /> <br />a:: ri >- <br />~ ~ ~ <br />WatlrVlarllJ5 <br />