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<br />pastures and who has now returned as the newly appointed construction <br />engineer for the Dolores Project, Mr. "Rip" Radcliffe. He is no <br />stranger to many of you, having been the construction engineer on the <br />Narrows Project and work elsewhere in the Lower Missouri Region. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: Dave, that raises a guestion. <br />engineer for the Narrows Project over here, <br />Narrows? (Laughter) <br /> <br />Since we have the project <br />are we giving up on the <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. CRANDALL: No comment on the Narrows Project. All I know is-- <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Is what you read in the newspaper. <br /> <br />MR. CRANDALL: All I know is that he is now.one of us. We are not <br />giving him away. <br /> <br />Mr. Jake Rinckel, Project Manager for Western Colorado and Mr. Harl <br />Noble, Regional Planning Officer from Salt Lake City; Mr. Wayne Cook, <br />who is the head of our Durango Field Activities. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Thank you for being here. <br /> <br />MR. CRANDALL: The water outlook for this past year is summarized for <br />you, and it has been an unprecedented year. I have included there <br />under the "Runoff" the calculated virgin flow, which I don't remember <br />exactly what the 1934 amount was, but I think they are comparable. It <br />is kind of a standoff as to which might have been the driest year. <br /> <br />MR. GOSLIN: Dave, 1934 was 5.6 MAF. <br /> <br />MR. CRANDALL: Thank you, IvaI. So that means that on the basis of <br />thatcomparisQn, we have had an equally dry year. Of course, with the <br />depletions, it has been a.record low. <br /> <br />The operation of the Upper Basin Reservoirs has been limited because of <br />the imbalance between Mead and Powell of an eight and a quarter MAF <br />release out of Lake POwell. We will be very close to that at the end of <br />the water year, but a couple of hundred thousand acre-feet short. I <br />think by the 3rd or 4th of October, the eight and a quarter amount will <br />actually be passed. Because of the variations in loads and purchases of <br />power, it is just almost impossible to come out right on the nose. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />. <br />The reservoir content for each of the other mainstem reservoirs are shown <br />on the first and second pages. They are all down significantly fr9m the <br />previous past years. And, obviously, in many cases, we have been able <br />to supply water for uses that otherwise would have gone unfulfilled. <br /> <br />Moving on to page 3 to the "Construction Activities," crystal Dam is, <br />for all practical purposes, completed. It is in the final stages of the <br /> <br />-2- <br />