WSP00617

• File Number: 8282.600.40
• Description: Colorado River Annual Operation
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1999
• Author: UCRC
• Title: Content and Streamflow of Selected Colorado River Basin Reservoirs and Tributaries
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

c.,..llorado Watef
Conservation Board
355 South 400 East. Salt lake City. Utah 84111 . 801-531-115~OF 801-531-9705

Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers
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TO:

FROM:

UPPER COLORADO
RIVER COMMISSION

Everett E. Sunderland, S taft' Engineer

DATE: October 21, 1999

RECEIVED
on 251999

SUBJECT: CONTENT AND STREAMFLOW OF SELECTED COLORADO RIVER BASIN
RESERVOIRS AND TRIBUTARIES.

UPPER BASIN RESERVOIR CONDITIONS
Conditions for selected Colorado River System reservoirs on September 30, 1999 are shown in
Table 1. Data was taken from the monthly reservoir summary provided by the Bureau of
Reclamation Upper Colorado Regional Office Water Resources Group. Reservoir storage
capacity conditions for September 30, 1999 are also shown below in figure 1.

Table I.
STORAGE
RESERVOIR

Fontenelle

Flaming Gorge
Blue Mesa

Navajo
Lake Powell

Upper Basin Total

Conditions for Colorado River System Reservoirs September 30, 1999
WATER SURFACE RESER VOIR CHANGE IN LIVE STORAGE
ELEVATION . LIVE CONTENT CONTENT CAP AC!TY
(ft.) (1000 aJ.) (1000 an (1000 a.f)

6,500.58
6,031.95
7,509.3 ]
6,075.50
3,691.59

303.30
3,424.90
739.90
1,558.50
22,997.00
29,023,60

(10 10)
(40.60)
(60.00)
(82.00)
(209,914.70)
(210,107.40)

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80% I
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60% I
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40% I
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20% I
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Font.cneUII

Live Storage Capacity
Conditions September 30, 1999

LIVE STORAGE
CAPACITY
(%)

345
3,749
829
1,696
24,322
30,941

87.9\%
91.36%
89.25%
91.89%
94.55%
93,80%

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Nav.jo

Uk.
Powell

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LJ Available Storage I

Figure 1.

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