WSP12936

• File Number: 8220.100.35
• Description: Colorado River Basin Monthly Content Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/20/2004
• Author: Upper Colorado River Commission
• Title: 2004 reports: Content and Power Generation and Streamflow of Selected Colorado River Basin Reservoirs and Tributaries
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Data

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355 South Fourth East Street
Salt La~e City, Utah 84111

To:

Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers

From:

Staff

Date:

December 13, 2004

Subject:

MONTHLY CONTENT, POWER GENERATION AND STREAM }<"'LOW OF SELECfED
COLORADO RIVER BASIN RESERVOIRS AND TRIBUTARIES

UPPER BASIN RESERVOIR CONDITIONS

Conditions for selected Colorado River System Reservoirs on October 31,2004 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 October 31, 2004 are also shown below
in figure 1.

Table 1

Conditions for Colorado River System Reservoirs: October 31. 2004

STORAGE

WATER RESERVOIR CHANGE LIVE
SURFACE LIVE IN STORAGE
ELEVATION CONTENT CONTENT CAPACITY
(ft.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.)
6,497.76 282.30 -6.00 345
6,011.65 2,695.00 16.50 3,749
7,476.41 480.20 -27.30 829
6,024.04 950.00 14.90 1,696
3,570.50 9,147.60 -21.90 24,322
13,555.10 -23.80 30,941

RESERVOIR

Fontenelle
Flaming Gorge
Blue Mesa
Navajo
Lake Powell
Upper Basin
Total

Live Storage Capacity
Conditions October 31,2004

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LIVE
STORAGE
CAPACITY
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81.83%
71.89%
57.93%
56.01 %
37.61%
43.81 %