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I feet which is larger than cur last forecast cf 3.9 millicn acre-feet on June 1 but ccnsiderably less than cur first fcrecast cf 9.3 million acre-feet en January 1. Runcff fer this 4-month pericd is about 54 percent cf ncrmal, but the relatively high runoff last fall and winter will result in a tctal runcff for the water year ending on the 30th of this mcnth of about, 9.5 millicn acre-feet cf 76 percent cf ncrmal. Releases frcm Lake pcwell tc meet stcrage prcject power loads are expected to tctal about 7.3 million acre-feet during this water year, which is slightly less than the demands en Lake l-lead fer the same pericd. Inflcw between tbe two reservcirs has been sufficient, however, tc maintain Lake Mead at or slightly above its rated head during the water year. Between now and next March wben the reser- voirs ncrmally reach their annual minimum levels, we e~pect the cclcradc River stcrage prcject reservcirs to cperate abcut as fellows: Lake powell, which reached an all-time' high elevation cf 3,546 feet in June 1966, now stands at elevation 3,534 feet and will decline about 11 feet mere to a predicted March 1967 low of elevaticn 3,523 feet. At that time the lal~e vclume will have drcpped to 8.0 millicn acre-feet from its spring maximum level cf abcut 9.5 mil1icn acre-feet. I Flaming Gcrge Reservcir reached a seascnal maximum elevation of 6,010 feet on July 1 and has receded abcut 4 feet tc its present level. During the fall and winter it will be lcwered about ancther 11 feet tc elevaticn 5,995 feet. Tctal storage cf water in Flaming Gcrge, now at 2.6 million acre-feet, will fall tc 2.2 million acre-feet. Releases fer recreaticn purpcses were maintained above 1,200 cubic feet per seccnd frcm the early part cf June through Laber Day, but the pcwerplant is new operating withcut that restricticn.