6047

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 6047
• Author: Colorado River Wildlife Council.
• Title: Minutes, Colorado River Fish & Wildlife Council.
• USFW Year: 1983.
• USFW - Doc Type: April 4-5, 1983.
• Copyright Material: NO

C. Reservoir now at 6,025 feet with a live storage
content at 3.2 million acre-feet.
d. Reservoir level should reach a high of elevation
6,033 feet with 3.5 million acre-feet of live storage - about 93 percent '
of its capacity.
3. Fontenelle Reservoir
a. Inflow Forecast - April-July 0.7 million acre-feet
(75 percent of normal) (Water year 1983 total is 1.2 million acre-feet)
b. Releases for water year 1983 are 1.0 million acre-
feet - varying from 700 to over 5,000 ft3/s.
C. Reservoir now at 6,485 feet with live storage content
of 0.2 million acre-feet.
4. Blue Mesa Reservoir - Aspinall Unit
a. Inflow Forecast - April-July 0.5 million acre-feet
(80 percent of normal) (Water year 1983 total is 0.7 million acre-feet).
b. Water year 1983 releases for water and downstream
requirements are 1.0 million acre-feet. Daily variation - from zero
releases up to 2,700 ft3/s.
C. Reservoir now at 7,473 feet with live storage content
at 0.5 million acre-feet.
d. Will reach elevation 7,501 feet - live storage of
0.67 million acre-feet.
5. Morrow Point and Crystal Reservoirs - Aspinall Unit
a. The two reservoirs will be operated for power genera-
tion and to re-regulate the releases as usual.
6. Navajo Reservoir
A. Inflow Forecast - April-July 0.7 million acre-feet
(115 percent of normal) (Water year 1983 total is 1.1 million acre-feet). .
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