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<br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO <br />RIVER COMMISSION <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />FEB 2 J 2UU3 <br /> <br />Colorado Water Coosen<d(/{h' . <br /> <br />355 South 400 East. Salt Lake City. Utah 84111 · 801-531-1150. FAX 801-531-9705 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Staff <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />Feburary 19, 2003 <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />CONTENT AND POWER GENERATION AND STREAM FLOW OF SELECTED <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN RESERVOIRS AND TRIBUTARIES. <br /> <br />UPPER BASIN RESERVOIR CONDffiONS <br />Conditions for selected Colorado River System Reservoirs on January 31,2002 are shown in Table 1. <br />Data was obtained from the montWy reservoir summary provided by the Bureau of Reclamation Upper <br />Colorado Regional Office Water Resources Group. Reservoir storage capacity conditions for January 31, <br />2002 are also shown below in figure 1. <br /> <br />Table 1. Conditions for Colorado River System Reservoirs: January 31. 2002 <br /> <br />STORAGE WATER SURFACE RESERVOIR CHANGE IN LIVE STORAGE LIVE STORAGE <br />RESERVOIR ELEVATION LIVE CONTENT CONTENT CAPACITY CAPACITY <br />(ft.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) (%) <br /> <br />Fontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Navajo <br />Lake Powell <br />Upper Basin Total <br /> <br />6,487.79 <br />6,009.71 <br />7,444.59 <br />6,010.55 <br />3,620.10 <br /> <br />213.30 <br />2,931.80 <br />283.20 <br />826.80 <br />13,773.80 <br />17,728.90 <br /> <br />-15.00 <br />-15.60 <br />5.50 <br />-13.30 <br />-336.90 <br />-375.30 <br /> <br />345 <br />3,749 <br />829 <br />1,696 <br />24,322 <br />30,941 <br /> <br />61.83% <br />70.20% <br />34.16% <br />48.75% <br />56.63% <br />57.30% <br /> <br />Live Storage Capacity <br />Conditions Jan 31,03 <br /> <br />100% I <br />80% <br /> <br />40% <br /> <br /> <br />60% <br /> <br />20% <br /> <br />0% <br />F_ <br /> <br />- <br />o..p <br /> <br />.... <br />M... <br /> <br />N_ <br /> <br />Lob <br />p- <br /> <br />Upp<< <br />- <br />T.... <br /> <br />I ~ Live Content <br /> <br />[llij Available Storage I <br /> <br />Figure 1 <br />