8279

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8279
• Author: Brown and Caldwell.
• Title: Phase 1 Coordinated Facilities Water Availability Study for the Endangered Fishes of the Upper Colorado River.
• USFW Year: 2000.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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in excess of the capacity of the Orchard Mesa Power Plant through the 15-Mile Reach
to a municipal recreation facility near Fruita.
1.2.2 Spring Peak Enhancement
Coordinated Reservoir Operations for the Colorado River program (CROP) is a voluntary
program that coordinates operations and bypasses of water from various water facilities to
enhance flows to the 15-Mile Reach during the peak spring runoff period. The Recovery
Program implemented CROP in 1997 and augmented spring peak flows by approximately 2,000
cfs in that year; in 1998, CROP added approximately 2,400 cfs to the peak and in 1999 an
estimated 2,500 cfs was added to the peak (Smith and Wilson, 1999). No CROP activities were
conducted in 2000 because of the low snow pack, although a peak in the range 17,000 cfs did
occur because of the rapid snowmelt.
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