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<br />1- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />acre-feet of 1n.i"l m \Ii'Ould haTe been withheld in the !Jone of Lslce Mead <br />previously resel"Y,ci for fiood control p\Il'Poses. This 1,800,000 aere- <br />feet is in excess of releases tor generation of firm energy. <br /> <br />}: <br />'M <br />'i( <br /> <br />In the four )"!lara 196.3 to 1966, inclusive, while sufficient <br />storage was being impounded in Glen Canyon Rellervoir, first to permit <br />initial generation at minimum head (beginning in June 1964), and later <br />to pe1"llli.t firm generation (beginn1llg April 1967), rsleases would have <br />been made from Glen Canyon to meet downstream uses and lossee in the <br />United States and deliveries to Menco. In this four-year period, Lalee <br />Mead storage would have been released to the erlent of about..4.kOO,eee 1f,7#j4 <br />acre-feet (including that stored 1n the flood control reservation in <br />1962) to sustain firm pOWer generation. In the year 1967 Lake Mead <br />storage would have been drawn down to an active content of 17,000,000 <br />acre-feet. <br /> <br />".4 <br />,J <br />I <br />1 <br />!J <br /> <br />,.:. <br /> <br />\~~ - <br /> <br /> <br />In the years 1966 to 1970, inclusive, releases would have been <br />made from Glen Canyon for the generation of firm and aecondary energy <br />at that s1 te. Such releases would have been sufficient fctr the genera- <br />tion of firm energy at Hoover Dan in these years without drawing Lake <br />Mead storage below an active content of 11,000,000 acre-teet while <br />accumulating additional storage in Glen Canyon Reservoir. <br /> <br />~".. <br />,. <br />, <br /> <br />." <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />}f <br />~., <br />If' <br />.~ <br />~} <br /> <br />;:'1.-: <br />.'1"":': <br />" <br />! ~ <br />,} <br />, , f ~ :':' <br /> <br /> <br />1\/.. <br />. ;~, <br />; <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />'-:~'! ' <br /> <br />T_._-~~-__Th'nltr.At~ Section, Washington, D. CI <br />I <br />