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<br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO <br />RIVER COMMISSION <br /> <br />355 South 400 East. Salt Lake City. Utah 84111 . 801-531-1150 . FAX 801-531-9705 <br />Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers <br /> <br />Everett E. Sunderland, Staff Engineer <br /> <br />August 22, 200 I <br /> <br />CONTENT AND POWER GENERATION AND STREAM FLOW OF SELECTED <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN RESERVOIRS AND TRIBUTARIES. <br /> <br />UPPER BASIN RESERVOIR CONDITIONS <br />Conditions for selected Colorado River System Reservoirs on July 31,2001 are shown in Table I. Data <br />was obtained from the montWy reservoir summary provided by the Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado <br />Regional Office Water Resources Group. Reservoir storage capacity conditions for July 31, 2001 are also <br />shown below in figure I. <br /> <br />Table I. <br />STORAGE <br />RESERVOIR <br /> <br />Conditions for Colorado River Svstem Reservoirs: Julv 31. 2001 <br />WATER SURFACE RESERVOIR CHANGE IN LIVE STORAGE <br />ELEVATION LIVE CONTENT CONTENT CAPACITY <br />(ft.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) <br /> <br />LIVE STORAGE <br />CAPACITY <br />(%) <br /> <br />Fontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Navajo <br />Lake Powell <br />Upper Basin Total <br /> <br />6,484.39 192.10 5.40 345 <br />6,020.87 3,010.40 -10.70 3,749 <br />7,499.99 661.30 -12.50 829 <br />6,068.27 1,456.80 -20.60 1,696 <br />3,669.46 19,763.90 -495.50 24,322 <br /> 25,084.50 -533.90 30,941 <br /> <br />55.68% <br />80.30% <br />79.77% <br />85.90% <br />81.26% <br />81.07% <br /> <br />Live Storage Capacity <br />Conditions July 31,2001 <br /> <br />100% I <br />80% <br /> <br />60% <br /> <br /> <br />40% <br /> <br />20% <br /> <br />0% <br />1'0lIl....00 <br /> <br />"" <br />Mo. <br /> <br />~. <br />,,- <br /> <br />OW' <br />".. <br />To. <br /> <br />-. <br />""" <br /> <br />Novojo <br /> <br />I_ Live Content <br /> <br />1m Available Storage I <br /> <br />Figure I. <br /> <br />I <br />