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<br />0.1.:::10 <br /> <br />Blue Mesa Reservoir is now at elevation <br />7497 feet and has 751,000 acre-feet in <br />storage. The reservoir is expected to <br />recede 37 feet to about elevation 7460 feet <br />and a content of 484,000 acre-feet by the <br />heavy spring runoff. Morrow Point Reservoir, I <br />which is located downstream from Blue Mesa <br />Dam, should be filled within the next month. <br />Tentative plans are under way for technical . <br />tests of the outlet works and spillway oper- <br />ation next week. <br /> <br />Lake Mead now stands at elevation 1137 <br />feet above mean sea level and contains <br />about 15.1 million acre-feet of available <br />storage, or about 58 percent of its capa- <br />city. The lake may be slightly higher by <br />the end of March 1969. Required compact <br />releases at Glen Canyon will probably exceed <br />Lower Basin water requirements during the <br />next 4 years, so we can expect a nominal rise <br />in the lake during this period. <br /> <br />On our Investigation and Planning Pro- <br />grams, favorable review comments on the June <br />1967 proposed feasibility report on the <br />Battlement Mesa Project have been received <br />from all state and federal agencies. Fol- <br />lowing receipt of the Commissioner's com- <br />ments, the report will be revised and trans- <br />mitted to Washington for further action. <br /> <br />Final cost estimates for all project <br />features of the Bluestone Project have been <br />approved for use in the proposed feasibility <br />report and supporting appendices. Financial <br />and economic analyses and report preparation <br />are in progress but are awaiting receipt of <br />final data from the cooperating agencies. <br />Completion of the proposed feasibility report <br />scheduled for October 1968 will be delayed <br />4 to 6 months. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />On the Grand Mesa Project, plan formu- <br />lation studies are essentially complete and <br />