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<br />now down to about 225,000 AF which is 66% of average. Green Mountain, Carter Lake, worse,
<br />you can see those numbers there, and then down the Fryingpan-Arkansas, the Ruedi Reservoir was
<br />67,000 AF, now its about 70,000,102% of average for this time of year. Turquoise, 60,000 AF,
<br />Twin Lakes, about 100,000 AF, those are still about the same. And Pueblo was 138,000 AF,
<br />which was 73% of average. Now it's down to 124,000 AF which is 60% of average, so you see a
<br />lot of demand coming on line on some of these reservoirs, particularly after the dry May that we
<br />had. And last of all, Bonny, its about the same, 24,400 AF as of yesterday or the day before, that's
<br />about 60% of average.
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<br />I can give a few outlooks on some of the reservoirs over in the Gunnison. I pulled this
<br />information off our 24-month study for the Upper Colorado River Basin, and it gives you an idea
<br />how low these reservoirs are going to get, projected through the summer. Taylor Park, and
<br />compare these numbers to the numbers on the table on the end, in the end of July we're projecting
<br />contents of about 55,000 AF, end of August 46,000 AF, and that's about 50% of average, and
<br />that's end of water year probably about 36,000 AF, which is about 50%. Moving to Blue Mesa,
<br />which is really the reservoir, the only place in the Gunnison that has water, really, that's available
<br />for moving around and (inaudible). So it's a very important reservoir, beside the fact that it's
<br />large. I would say from the end of July we're projecting 420,000 AF in there, which is about 60%
<br />of average, at the end of August dropping down to 350,000 AF and end of September about
<br />285,000 AF. I talked to some ofthe people over in Grand Junction, they say these numbers are
<br />probably optimistic for Blue Mesa. They say it's quite likely we'll probably be down to the
<br />200,000 - 300,000 AF range in August, which is about.. .that's probably around 35 or so percent
<br />of average for that time of year. It's getting down.
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<br />- What does that do to the boat ramp situation over there, do you know what that
<br />elevation might be?
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<br />Verne-- 1'm not sure, Jack.
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<br />- That's fme, that was off the top of my head.
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<br />Verne-- 1've got an elevation, looking over the boat facilities.
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<br />- What's the elevation?
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<br />Verne-- End of August, they're saying 7456.4.
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<br />- That's optimistic. OK.
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<br />Verne-- End of September, down to 7400.5. Again, these numbers are probably out there.
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<br />- Just a sidebar over here, for the record, it was for _? _?
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<br />Verne-- I can give you some numbers for Vallicito. It looks like the end of June, they're down to
<br />20,000 AF, and Cloverleafnow...about 50,000 AF. That number in the end of June would be
<br />about 19% of average for that time of year. And it looks like July, it's going to be down to 12,000
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