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The results of the long-range reservoir operation procedures adopted by the Secretary of the Interior for Lake Powell, Flaming Gorge, Fon- tenelle, Navajo, and Blue Mesa reservoirs in the Upper Colorado River Basin and for Lake Mead in the Lower Basin are illustrated on pages 14- 21 for the 1990 water year. There was no equalization of storage as dictated by Section 602( a) of Public Law90-537. The drawdown of Lake Powell was governed by factors other than the equalization criteria. 4. FLOWS OF COLORADO RIVER Table 3 on pages 22 and 23 shows the estimated virgin flow of the Colorado River at Lee Ferry, Arizona for each water year from 1896 through 1990, Column (4) of the table shows the average virgin flow for any given year within the period computed through water year 1990. Column (5) shows the average virgin flow for a given year within the period computed since water year 1896. Column (6) shows the average virgin flow for each progressive ten-year period beginning with the ten-year period ending on September 30, 1905, The difference between the virgin flow for a given year and the average flow over the 94-year period, 1896 through 1990, is shown in Column (7). Article III( d) of the Colorado River Compact stipulates that "the States of the Upper Division will not cause the flow of the river at Lee Ferry to be depleted below an aggregate of75,000,000 acre-feet for any period of ten consecutive years reckoned in a continuing progressive series begin- ning with the first day of October next succeeding the ratification of this Compact." Prior to the storage of water in the Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs, which began in 1962, the flow of the river at Lee Ferry in any ten consecutive years was greatly in excess of the 75,000,000 acre- feet required by the Compact. Beginning in 1962, Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs have regulated the river above Glen Canyon Dam. Table 4, on page 24, shows the historic flow at Lee Ferry for the period 1953 through 1990. The historic flow for each progressive ten -year period from 1953 through 1990, beginning with the ten -year period ending September 30, 1962, the commencement of storage in Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs, is shown in Column (3). In each consecutive ten-year period, the total flow equaled or ex- ceeded the 75,000,000 acre-feet required by the Compact. The flow at Lee Ferry during the ten-year period ending September 30, 1990 was 128,280,000 acre-feet. 13