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<br />:>LLL <br /> <br />Power Pool is bringing about complete coopera- <br />tion between the utilities and effect of future <br />equipment misoperation and power outages will <br />be minor. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />with the cooperation of the Bureau, the <br />city of Gunnison is installing a 5,000-kva <br />standby transformer at the Bureau's Gunnison <br />substation and when in operation will alleviate <br />the danger of an extensive power interruption <br />to the City. <br /> <br />Even with the continued below normal <br />precipitation, the current water supply outlook <br />for 1966 is excellent on operating projects <br />which have storage reservoirs. At the close <br />of the irrigation season last year, Region 4 <br />reservoirs were storing more water for future <br />use than ever before. <br /> <br />This is the time of the year when the <br />magnitude of the runoff from the Colorado River <br />becomes pretty well known. Hence a somewhat <br />complete report is given. <br /> <br />Runoff from snowmelt this year is below <br />normal. The April-July runoff forecast of the <br />Colorado River at Lee Ferry has declined from <br />a March 1 estimate of 7.0 million acre-feet to <br />our present estimate of about 4-1/2 million <br />acre-feet. This is about 53 percent of normal <br />for this four-month period. In spite of the <br />low snowmelt runoff, we are anticipating a total <br />of 9.4 million acre-feet or 76 percent of normal <br />for the water year which ends september 30, 1966. <br />Above average flows last fall and winter were <br />largely responsible for the better showing for <br />the entire year. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />Releases from Lake Powell are expected to <br />total 7.9 million acre-feeting during this <br />water year which is slightly greater than tile <br />demands on Hoover for the same period. As a <br />result, Lake Mead may rise slightly during the <br />water year. Releases from L~~e Powell during <br />