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LAKE MORAVE (COLORADO RIVER) ACTUAL RELEASES WY 1986 LAKE MORAVE 1000 CF4 Reservoir Acre.feel Elevation, feel .. Maximum Storage 1,810,000 647 ao Rated Head 1,188,000 623 Minimum Power 217,500 570 Surface Area, full 28,200 Acres Reservoir Length, full 67 Miles Powerplant Number of Units 5 Total Capacity 240,000 KW 0 0 N D J F M A M J J A S 0 17 -- Water Year 1986 At the beginning of water year 1986, the water surface elevation of Lake Mohave, which is impounded by Oavis Dam, was 637.7 feet, with an active storage of approximately 1,555,000 acre-feet. During the winter monlhs, the water level was gradually lowered to approximately 631 feet, with an active storage of about 1,395,000 acre-feet by the latter part of Oecember 1985. The water level was then gradually raised during tue remaining winter months. The reservoir reached elevation 642 feet during the first part of February 1986. During March, Lake Mohave dropped to an elevation of aboul638 feet; with an active storage of approximately 1,557,000 acre.feet. Lake 11"'_ r · .. . ........" ..., Mohave was at an elevation of aboul643 acre.feet during the first part of June. The reservoir cnded the water year at an elevation of 631.4 feet with 1,395,000 acre-feet in active storage. Lake Mohave releases were made to satisfy flood control requirements and downstream water use requirements, including diversions by The Metropolitan Water Oistrict of Southern California (MWD). A small amount of regulation occurred at Lake Havasu. During the water year, approximately 17,393,000 acre.fe,et were released at Davis Dam. Of that amounl, approximately 16,468,000 acre-feet passed through the turbines for power production.