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<br />o u U 219 BLUE MESA DAM AND RESERVOIR <br />I. RESERVOIR STORAGE ALLOCATIONS <br /> <br />Dead <br />Inactive <br />Active <br />Total <br />Live <br />Surcharge <br /> <br />Storage <br />(acre-feet) <br />111,200 <br />81,070 <br />748.430 <br />940,700 <br />829,500 <br />o <br /> <br />El evat ion <br />(feet) <br />7358.00 <br />7393.00 <br />7519.40 <br />7519.40 <br />7519.40 <br /> <br />II. DAM. OUTLET WORKS. AND SPILLWAY DATA <br /> <br />Dam type: Zoned Earthfill <br />Structural height <br />Hydraulic height <br />Crest width <br />Crest length <br />Crest elevation <br />Volume <br /> <br />390 feet <br />342 feet <br />30 feet <br />785 feet <br />7528.00 feet <br />3,080,000 yards3 <br /> <br />Outlet works: one 18 X 18 foot fixed-wheel gate and two 84-inch ring -follower gates <br />to the turbines and two 84-inch hollow-jet valves in a gate house at the terminus of <br />the outlet conduits. <br />Outlet works capacity at elevation 7519.4.00: 5,000 ft3/s <br /> <br />Spillway: gated, concrete lined tunnel, concrete flip bucket structure, and stilling <br />basin. <br />Spillway capacity: 34,000 ft3/s <br />Spillway crest elevation: 7485.90 feet <br /> <br />III. POWERPLANT DATA <br /> <br />Nameplate capacity <br />Number of generators <br />Minimum power elevation <br />Rated head <br />Maximum powerplant discharge <br /> <br />33 megawatts (MW) <br />2 <br />7393.00 feet <br />7438.00 feet <br />5,000 ft3/S (33 MW) (115%) <br /> <br />A-9 <br />