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<br />DB lG 31 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />be a difficult assignment since power loads at Glen Canyon had to be com- <br /> <br />plete~ compatible with water releases from Hoover in order to maintain <br /> <br />an exact balance between inflow and outflow from Lake Mead. <br /> <br />During the next year we expect the Colorado River Storage Project <br /> <br />reservoirs to operate about as follows: <br /> <br />jy Lake Powell, now at elevation 3,545, will probably not rise appre- <br /> <br />ciab~ more but will level off and gradual~ decline about 18 feet to a <br /> <br />predicted March 1967 low of elevation 3,527 feet. At that time the lake <br /> <br />volume will have dropped to 8.2 million acre-feet from its present level <br /> <br />of about 9.5 million acre-feet, <br /> <br />Flaming Gorge Reservoir will increase on~ slight~ this summer <br /> <br />before declining about 20 feet vertical~ during the fall and winter. <br /> <br />Total storage of water in Flaming Gorge, now at 2,7 million acre-feet, <br /> <br />will fall to 2.2 million acre-feet. Releases for recreation purposes <br /> <br />will not be allowed to drop below 1,200 cubic feet per second through <br /> <br />Labor Day except for emergencies which cannot be anticipated. <br /> <br />Navajo Reservoir has been held at a low level to permit completion <br /> <br />of the diversion tunnel for the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project. Since <br /> <br />this work is now almost complete, the release of water from Navajo Dam <br /> <br />has been reduced to 500 cubic feet per second to enhance recreational <br /> <br />use of the reservoir. Level of the reservoir, now at elevation 5,962, <br /> <br />will rise about another 5 feet vertical~ during the remainder of the <br /> <br />recreation season or within about 3 feet of the end of the boat ramp <br /> <br />at Arboles, Colorado, <br /> <br />Blue Mesa Reservoir, now in its first year of operation, contains <br /> <br />360,000 acre-feet of water, with a lake elevation of 7,438 feet. We <br /> <br />5 <br />