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.' . . RECEIVED FEB 2 1 1997 Date: FEBRUARY 14, 1997 Colorado Warer Conservation Board From: Water Resource Group, Salt Lake City To: All Colorado River Annual Operating plan (AOP) Recipients Current Status January inf1ow(unreg) (acre- feet) Percent of normal Midnight February 13 Elevation Reservoir storage (acre- feet) Fontenelle Flaming Gorge Blue Mesa Powell Navajo 43,000 59,000 28,500 458,000 25,000 139 6,474.96 141,000 140 6,025.58 3,182,000 118 7,489.74 507,000 120 3,673.17 dv1 19,765,000 109 6,046.91 1,193,000 Expected Operation FONTENELLE - Releases from Fontenelle are currently at 1100 cfs. Releases will likely remain near 1100 cfs throughout the late fall and winter in order to draw the reservoir down to elevation 6464 feet prior to next seasons April through July runoff period. FLAMING GORGE - Releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir are now averaging 2800 cfs on a daily basis. Releases will likely remain near 2800 cfs until the middle of March. Maintenance on the power plant is now taking place and power plant capacity will be limited to 3000 cfs until mid March at which time all three units will be available. Releases will likely be increased to 4200 cfs at this time. Water year 1997 is almost sure to be a "wet" year in the Upper Green River Basin. Snowpack in the Upper Green River Basin is currently 157 percent of normal. Snowpack in the Yampa River Basin is currently 156 percent of normal (values as of 2/10/97). The current operating plan calls for releases near power plant capacity from now until the early part of July. Flaming Gorge will likely be nearly full by mid summer. Open forum discussions on Flaming Gorge operations have been taking place at meetings of the "Flaming Gorge Working Group". A Working Group meeting was held January 9 in Heber, UT. The next Working