WSP12935

• File Number: 8220.100.35
• Description: Colorado River Basin Monthly Content Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/17/2003
• Author: Upper Colorado River Commission
• Title: 2003 reports: Content and Power Generation and Streamflow of Selected Colorado River Basin Reservoirs and Tributaries
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Data

UPPER COLORADO
RIVER COMMISSION

RECEIVED
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To:

Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers

From:

Staff

Date:

June 20, 2003

Sub.ject:

CONTENT AND POWER GENERATION AND STREAM FLOW OF SELECTED
COLORADO RIVER BASIN RESERVOIRS AND TRIBUTARIES.

UPPER BASIN RESERVOm CONDITIONS
Conditions for selected Colorado River System Reservoirs on May 31, 2003 are shown in Table 1. Data
was obtained from the monthly reservoir summary provided by the Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado
Regional Office Water Resources Group. Reservoir storage capacity conditions for May 31,2003 are also
shown below in figure 1

STORAGE WATER SURFACE RESERVOIR CHANGE INLIVE STORAGE LIVE STORAGE
RESERVOIR ELEVATION LIVE CONTENT CONTENT CAPACITY CAPACITY
(ft.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) (%)

Fontenelle
Flaming Gorge
Blue Mesa
Navajo
Lake Powell
Upper Basin Total

6,475.14 142.30 -11.60 345
6,010.17 2,646.70 -26.40 3,749
7,466.19 410.50 111. 80 829
6,016.96 883.80 60.90 1,696
3,610.26 12,756.50 513.10 24,322
16,839.80 647.80 30,941

41.25%
70.60%
49.52%
52.11%
52.45%
54.43%

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Live Storage Capacity
Conditions May 31

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