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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355 South 400 East. Salt Lake City. Utah 84111 · 801-531-1150. FAX [phone]

To:

Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers

From:

Staff

Date:

March 25,2003

Subject:

CONTENT AND POWER GENERATION AND STREAM FLOW OF SELECTED
COLOP~AJ)O R..TVER BASIN RESERVOIRS AND TRIBUTARIES.

UPPER BASIN RESERVOIR CONDITIONS
Conditions for selected Colorado River System Reservoirs on February 28, 2003 are shown in Table 1.
Data were obtained from the monthly reservoir summary provided by the Bureau of Reclamation Upper
Colorado Regional Office Water Resources Group. Reservoir storage capacity conditions for February 28,
2003 are also shown below in figure 1.

Table 1.
STORAGE
RESERVOIR

Conditions for Colorado River System Reservoirs: February 28, 2003
WATER SURFACE RESERVOIR CHANGE IN LIVE STORAGE LIVE STORAGE
ELEVATION LIVE CON1ENT CON1ENT CAPACITY CAPACITY
(ft.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) (%)

Fontenelle
Flaming Gorge
Blue Mesa
Navajo
Lake Powell
Upper Basin Total

6,483.24 185.20 -12.60 345 53.68%
6,009.04 2,610.20 -16.40 3,749 69.62%
7,446.30 292.30 1.40 829 35.26%
6,008.15 806.20 -8.40 1,696 47.54%
3,611.02 12,833.20 -435.90 24,322 52.76%
16,727.10 -471.90 30,941 54.06%

Live Storage Capacity
Conditions Feb 28,03

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Figure 1