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- 5 <br />• PROJECT Modifications to Flaming Gorge Dam <br />LOCATION Flaming Gorge Dam <br />(U 3) <br />SPONSOR U.S. Bureau of Reclamation <br />DATE OF SHEET November 30, 1977 <br />TYPE OF FACILITY Increase generation capacity at Flaming Gorge Dam <br />STATUS Feasibility study in progress <br />C0~IPONENTS <br />Alternatives: <br />Rewind generators - increase production by 9 megawatts <br />Install generators in outlet works - increase production <br />by 40 megawatts. <br />• Install additional penstocks - increase. production by <br />130 megawatts. <br />.Pump storage - install reservoir far afterbay below <br />Flaming Gorge Reservoir - increase production by up to <br />1,000 megawatts. <br />PROJECTED IMPACTS ON THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM <br />Rewinding generators will result in the same amount of <br />water released in shorter period of time. <br />Lower reservoir could also be used for regulation of flow. <br />REFERENCES <br />Marv Hine, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Salt Lake City, Utah <br />Leon Colburn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, <br />• Salt Lkae City, Utah <br />