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<br />'J <br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO <br />RIVER COMMISSION <br /> <br />Qr <br />~.?'1 <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />355 South 400 East. Salt Lake City. Utah 84111 . 801-531-1150 . FAX 801-531-9705 <br /> <br />TO: Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers <br /> <br />FROM; Everett E. Sunderland, Staff Engineer <br /> <br />DATE: April 27, 1999 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: CONTENT AND STREAMFLOW OF SELECTED COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br />RESER VOlRS AND TRIBUTARIES. <br /> <br />UPPER BASIN RESERVOIR CONDITIONS <br />Conditions for selected Colorado River System reselVoirs on March 31, 1999 are shown in Table <br />I. Data was taken from the monthly reselVoir summary provided by the Bureau of Reclamation <br />Upper Colorado Regional Office Water Resources Group. ReselVoir storage capacity conditions <br />for March 31, 1999 are also shown below in figure I. <br /> <br />Table I. Conditions for Colorado River System Reservoirs March 3 I, 1999 <br />STORAGE WATER SURFACE RESERVOIR CHA."iGE IN LIVE STORAGE LIVE STORAGE <br />RESERVOIR ELEVATION LIVE CONTENT CONTENT CAPACITY CAPACITY <br /> (ft.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f) (1000 aX) (%) <br />Fontenelle 6,471.03 123.50 (21.90) 345 35.80% <br />Flaming Gorge 6,025.82 3,190.60 (7470) 3,749 85.11% <br />Blue Mesa 7,486.75 556.30 0.40 829 67.10% <br />Navajo 6,062.38 1.378.40 (2.20) 1,696 81.27~/o <br />Lake Powell 3,677.64 20,916.40 (171.80) 24,322 86.00% <br />Upper BlUin Total 26.165.10 (270.10) 30,941 84.56% <br /> Live Storage Capacity <br /> 100% I Conditions March 31, 1999 <br /> 80% \ <br /> I <br /> 60% I <br /> I <br /> 40% I I <br /> I \ <br /> 20% \ RECEIVED <br /> 0%/ <br /> APR 2 9 1999 <br /> FonWML!e """'" Blue N......jo L.b U""" <br /> -, M_ PCf'lnll """ <br /> To<oJ CoIOI'IIdo Wa:ur <br /> t ~ Live Content LJ Available Storage I Conservation Boarc <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 1. <br />