WSP01573

• File Number: 8282.600.40
• Description: Colorado River Annual Operation
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/2001
• Author: UCRC
• Title: Content and Streamflow of Selected Colorado River Basin Reservoirs and Tributaries
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

UPPER COLORADO
RIVER COMMISSION

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To:

355 South 400 East. Salt Lake City. Utah 84111 . 801-531-1150 . FAX [phone]
Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers

From:

Everett E. Sunderland, Staff Engineer

Date:

November 27,2001

Subject:

CONTENT AND POWER GENERATION AND STREAM FLOW OF SELECTED
COLORADO RIVER BASIN RESERVOIRS AND TRIBUTARIES.

UPPER BASIN RESERVOIR CONDITIONS
Conditions for selected Colorado River System Reservoirs on October 31, 2001 are shown in Table 1.
Data was obtained from the monthly reservoir summary provided by the Bureau of Reclamation Upper
Colorado Regional Office Water Resources Group. Reservoir storage capacity conditions for October 31,
200 I are also shown below in figure I.
Table I. Conditions for Colorado River Svstem Reservoirs: October 31. 200 I
STORAGE WATER SURFACE RESERVOIR CHANGE IN LIVE STORAGE
RESERVOIR ELEVATION LIVE CONTENT CONTENT CAPACITY
(ft.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.)

LIVE STORAGE
CAPACITY
(%)

Fontenelle 6.477.25 152.60 -28.40 345 44.23%
Flaming Gorge 6.018.50 2,927.00 -55.40 3,749 78.07%
Blue Mesa 7,486.61 555.30 -86.10 829 66.98%
Navajo 6,062.22 1,376.30 -73.10 1,696 81.15%
Lake Powell 3,662.35 18,802.30 -518.70 24,322 77.31%
Upper Basin Total 23,813.50 -761.70 30,941 76.96%

Live Storage Capacity
Conditions October 31,2001

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