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<br />LAKE MORAVE <br />(COLORADO RIVER) <br /> <br /> <br />Water Year 1992 <br /> <br />At the beginning of water year 1992, the water surface <br />elevation of Lake Mohave, which is impounded by Davis Dam, <br />was 638.3 feet, with an active storage of approximately <br />1,571,000 acre-feet. <br /> <br />During the month of December, 1991, Pacific storms brought <br />unusual high amounts of precipitation to the Lower Basin <br />causing water orders below Parker Dam to cut back in order <br />to keep the now of water to Mexico as low as possible. The <br />water surface elevation of Lake Mohave rose to 646.0 with a <br />surface content of 1,782,000 acre feet by the end of December <br />1991. The water level of Lake Mohave was regulated as <br />needed between elevation 646.4 feet and 635.6 feet during the <br />remainder of the year. The reservoir ended the water year at <br /> <br />ACTUAL RELEASES 1992 <br /> <br />THOU....D ACRIe-FIeET <br />1200 <br /> <br /> /' V \ <br /> 1/ l'... <br />'" 17 <br /> V <br /> <br />1000 <br /> <br />.00 <br /> <br />800 <br /> <br />400 <br /> <br />200 <br /> <br />o <br />J' +0" 0"<- )...+ ~., ..,.~ .;t +~ <t>+ <t>" ...<><> ..<3 <br /> <br />an elevation of 640.2 feet, with 1,623,000 acre-feet in active <br />storage. <br /> <br />Lake Mohave releases were made faT downstream water use <br />requirements, including diversions by users in the vicinities of <br />Laughlin, Nevada; Bullhead City, Arizona; and Needles, <br />California, by The Metropolitan Water District of Southern <br />California (MWD), the Central Arizona Project (CAP), and <br />the users downstream from Parker Dam. During the water <br />year, total releases of approximately 7,540,000 acre-feet were <br />made at Davis Dam, all of which passed through the turbines <br />for power production. Of that amount, approximately <br />1,184,000 acre-feet were then pumped from Lake Havasu by <br />MWD, and 522,000 acre-feet were pumped for the CAP. <br /> <br />LAKE MORAVE <br /> <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Acre-feet <br /> <br />Elevation, feet <br /> <br />Storage Capacity <br />Rated Head <br />Minimum Power <br />Surface Area, full <br />Reservoir Length, full <br /> <br />1,810,000 <br />1,188,000 <br />217,500 <br /> <br />647 <br />623 <br />570 <br />28,200 Acres <br />67 Miles <br /> <br />Powerplant <br /> <br />Number of Units <br />Total Capacity <br /> <br />5 <br />240,000 KW <br /> <br />17 <br />