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<br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO <br />RIVER COMMISSION <br /> <br />RECEIVc;:; <br />APR 2 1 2004 <br /> <br />OaIorado Water Conservation 8C'W1 <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 />April 19,2004 <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />MONTHL Y CONTENT, POWER GENERATION AND STREAM FLOW OF <br />SELECTED COLORADO RIVER BASIN RESERVOIRS AND TRIBUTARIES <br /> <br />UPPER BASIN RESERVOIR CONDffiONS <br /> <br />Conditions for selected Colorado River System Reservoirs on March 31,2004 are shown in Table 1. Data <br />were obtained :from the monthly reservoir summary provided by the Bureau of Reclamation Upper <br />Colorado Regional Office Water Resources Group. Reservoir storage capacity conditions for March 31, <br />2004 are also shown below in figure J. <br /> <br />Table 1 Conditions for Colorado River System Reservoirs: March 3 L 2004 <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 6,479.97 166.80 -8.90 345 <br />Flaming Gorge 6,009.71 2,631.80 30.20 3,749 <br />Blue Mesa 7,467.81 421.20 27.40 829 <br />Navajo 6,005.51 783.90 73.10 1,696 <br />Lake Powell 3,582.78 10,179.60 -357.30 24,322 <br />Upper Basin Total 14,183.30 -235.50 30,941 <br /> <br />48.35% <br />70.20% <br />50.81% <br />46.22% <br />41.85% <br />45.84 % <br /> <br />Live Storage Capacity <br />Conditions March 04 <br /> <br />100% i <br /> <br />80% I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />60% i <br /> <br />40% I ~ <br /> <br />20% I ~: <br />If" <br />0% :~~ <br /> <br /> <br />I . Live Content <br /> <br />1'SIl Available Storage <br />t.:.:d <br /> <br />Figure 1 <br />