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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The next operation meeting <br />needing information about <br />Fazzan or Rege Leach at the <br /> <br />will be held on March 1997. Anyone <br />daily operations please contact Don <br />Durango Office at (970) 385-6500. <br /> <br />Glen Canyon - Inflow to Lake Powell in January began its rise to <br />above average flows, 120 percent of normal for the month. Inflow <br />is expected to continue above average through the remaining winter <br />months in expectation of a large spring runoff. The forecasted <br />April - July unregulated runoff is now estimated to be 13.2 MAF, <br />171 percent of normal, a further increase from previous months. <br />The current basin wide snowpack is about 156 percent of normal. <br />Releases will be at or near 20,000 cfs through Tuesday morning <br />February 18, 1997 at 6 am, when flows will be increased until a <br />release of 27,000 cfs is reached. Releases for the remainder of <br />the month of February are expected to remain at 27,000 cfs but <br />could increase if the forecasted April - July inflow continues to <br />rise. At this point in time we anticipate flows greater than <br />20,000 cfs to continue through July 1997. Updates to this writeup <br />will be made frequently to provide the most accurate information to <br />interested parties. <br /> <br />For the next year or two, releases to safely control the spring <br />runoff and to equalize storage between Lakes Powell and Mead are <br />expected to control the annual release volume from Lake Powell. <br />With the current forecast, Lake Powell will fill this spring, and <br />releases will be much greater than the annual minimum objective <br />release of 8.23 MAF (a release of 14.1 MAF is currently expected <br />for water year 1997) . <br /> <br />The Colorado River Management Wor.k .(}roup meetings to discuss the <br />1998 Annual Operating Plan for the entire Colorado River have <br />commenced--our next meeting is scheduled for 9:30 am, April 11, <br />1997, at McCarren Airport in Las Vegas, NY. Key issues are <br />expected to be the development of surplus and shortage criteria for <br />lower basin consumptive use and the management of the 1997 runoff. <br />For further information contact Randall Peterson at (801)524-3715 <br />or Jayne Harkins at (702)293-8190. <br />