9542

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9542
• Author: Upper Colorado River Commission.
• Title: Fifty-Sixth Annual Report of the Upper Colorado River Commission.
• USFW Year: 2004.
• USFW - Doc Type: Salt Lake City, UT.
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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J. Program Status...................................................................... ............. 79
1. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Department of Agriculture Salinity

Control Program...,. ....... ... ........... ....... ...... .......... ..... .... ..................79

a. Grand Valley Unit........................,........................,........................ 79
b. Lower Gunnison Basin Unit ............................................................ 79
c. McElmo Creek Unit ....................................................................... 80

d. Uinta Basin Unit.......................................................................,... 80
e. Big Sandy River Unit .....................................................................80
f. Price-San Rafael Unit.................................................................... 80
g. San Juan River Unit ......................................................................80
h. Hammond Project, New Mexico...................................................... 80
i. Mancos Valley Unit, Colorado.........................................................80
j. Muddy Creek Unit, Utah ................................................................81
2. Bureau of Land Management Salinity Control Program.......................... 81

APPENDICES

A. Report of Independent Auditor ..............................................................84
B. Upper Colorado River Commission Budget for Fiscal Year 2006...............105
C. Resolutions of Upper Colorado River Commission ................................. 107
D. Transmountain Diversions - Upper Colorado River Basin........................111

FIGURES

Map of the Upper Colorado River Basin ......................................................... ii
Storage in Principal Reservoirs at End of Water Year, Upper Basin ..................13

1. Lake Powell................................................................................... 14
2. Flaming Gorge Reservoir.................................................................. 1 5
3. Fontenelle Reservoir........................................................................ 1 6
4. Navajo Reservoir ............................................................................17
5. Blue Mesa Reservoir........................................................................ 18
Storage in Principal Reservoirs at End of Water Year, Lower Basin ..................19

1. Lake Mead..................................................................................... 20
Colorado River Flow at Lee Ferry, Arizona....................................................27
Lee Ferry Average Annual Virgin Flow for Selected Periods ............................28

TABLES

Table 1, Statistical Data for Principal Reservoirs in Colorado River Basin,

Upper Bas;n........................................................................................ 11
Table 2, Statistical Data for Principal Reservoirs in Colorado River Basin,

Lower Basin........................................................................................ 1 2
Table 3, Estimated Virgin Flow at Lee Ferry .................................................22
Table 4, Historic Flow at Lee Ferry, 1953-2004...........................................24
Table 5, Gross Generation (Kilowatt-Hours) and Percentage of Change.......... ..45

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