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<br />The Pueblo Chieftain Online <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Page I 01'3 <br /> <br />Published: Thursday April 28, 2005 <br /> <br />Lake Powell flow cutbacks seen as boon <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />r · <br /> <br />~, ff. <br />I"' ~ "" <br />, . <br />. <br />1'~"':\. <br /> <br />'.., ;. <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />.... 1 <br />,.~ <br />il'I ....,~-- __ <br />---- <br /> <br />- <br />--,.,., <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />....- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />..,.:.. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />AP PHOTO/FILE <br /> <br />Rock shoreline is exposed in this view <br />of Lake Powell, Utah, in August 2003, <br />when the lake level was very low. <br />Upper Basin states advocate holding <br />back some releases from Lake Powell <br />this year to build up water levels. <br /> <br />By CHRIS WOOOKA <br />THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN <br /> <br />Balancing storage in Lake Mead and Lake Powell has benefits to both Upper and <br />Lower Basin states under the 1922 Colorado River Compact, the head of the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board said Wednesday. <br /> <br />But because the seven states in the compact are at an impasse, the decision on <br />how much water to release from Lake Powell this year rests with Interior Secretary <br />Gale Norton. <br /> <br />Norton is expected to rule on the releases by the end of this week. Last fall, she <br />directed the seven states to come up with a conservation plan by this month, but <br />that effort ended in a stalemate Tuesday in Las Vegas. <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich, CWCB director, said the Upper Basin States want to release less <br />than the required minimum amount this year in an attempt to bring the levels of <br />the two lakes closer together. <br /> <br />Prolonged drought has reduced Lake Powell, located behind Glen Canyon Dam on <br />the Arizona-Utah border, to about one-third capacity, while Lake Mead, located <br />behind Hoover Dam on the Nevada-Arizona border, is at two-thirds capaCity. <br /> <br />Kuharich said by releasing less water this year from Powell, the two lakes will <br /> <br />http://www.chicf.tain.com/print.php?article=/mctro/1114699925/2 <br /> <br />4/28/2005 <br />