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<br />than 500 cfs may occur at some gages. The release will be increased if the target base flow drops <br />below 500 cfs. <br /> <br />Reclamation will continue to closely monitor the hydrologic conditions in the basin. As such, this <br />scheduled release change is subject to changes in river flows and weather conditions. <br /> <br />The current daily reservoir inflow is averaging about 650 cfs and reservoir releases are set at 250 cfs. <br />Presently, the reservoir water surface elevation is 6024.55 feet, which corresponds to a storage <br />content of about 955,000 acre-feet. The monthly precipitation average in the basin above Bluff for <br />the months of September, and October was 220, and 100 percent of average respectively. <br />Corresponding with these rain events the inflow to Navajo Reservoir for the month of October was <br />55,000 acre-feet or 120 percent of average. <br /> <br />A public meeting on Navajo Reservoir operations will be held on Tuesday, January 18,2005 at 1:00 <br />p.m. in Farmington, New Mexico. At this meeting, review oflast summer and fall reservoir <br />operations, and plans for next winter and spring 2005 operations will be discussed. These are open <br />forum discussions on the operation of Navajo Reservoir with many interested groups participating. <br />Anyone interested in the general operation of the reservoir is encouraged to attend. Please contact <br />Pat Page in Reclamation's Durango, Colorado Office at (970) 385-6560 for information about these <br />meetings or the daily operation of Navajo Reservoir. <br /> <br />Glen Canvon Dam - Lake Powell <br /> <br />Operations <br /> <br />Releases in the first half of November 2004 will be similar to those observed in October. On <br />Mondays through Fridays and on Sundays in early November, daily fluctuations due to load <br />following will likely vary between a low of about 5,000 cfs (during late evening and early morning <br />off-peak hours) to a high of about 10,000 cfs (during late afternoon and early evening on-peak <br />hours). On Saturdays, releases will likely vary between a low of about 5,000 cfs during off-peak <br />hours to a high of about 9,500 cfs during on-peak hours. However, due to real time power marketing <br />considerations there may modifications to this pattern. <br /> <br />From November 17 through November 20, releases are scheduled to be constant at 8,000 cfs. <br />During this 8,000 cfs steady release, the United States Geological Survey's Grand Canyon <br />Monitoring and Research Center will be collecting data for research and long-term monitoring of the <br />Grand Canyon. <br /> <br />In December, a volume of 600,000 acre-feet is scheduled to be released. This is an average flow of <br />9,800 cfs. Daily fluctuations due to load following in December have not been finalized, but will <br />likely vary between about 6,500 cfs to 12,500 cfs. <br /> <br />Proposed High-Flow Test <br /> <br />On November 5, 2004, the Bureau of Reclamation released a Draft Supplemental Environmental <br />Assessment that describes a proposed late-November high-flow experiment through the Grand <br />Canyon from Glen Canyon Dam. <br /> <br />"The Department ofthe Interior continues to support the application of science and adaptive <br />management to the operation of Glen Canyon Dam and the management of natural resources in Glen <br />and Grand Canyon," Interior Secretary Gale Norton said in announcing the Environmental <br />