Laserfiche WebLink
<br />UPPER BASIN RESERVOIRS <br /> <br />FONTENELLE RESERVOIR <br />(GREEN RIVER) <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />''L <br /> <br />Water Year 1992 <br /> <br />Water year 1992 marked the third full year of normal <br />operations for Fontenelle Reservoir since the construction of <br />a concrete cutoff wall to reduce seepage through the dam. The <br />concrete culoff wall is performing satisfactorily, as seepage <br />pasl the dam has been reduced considerably. <br /> <br />The April through July runoff into Fontenclle Reservoir was <br />269,000 acre-feet which was 32 percenl of average. This is <br />approximately the same runoff that was experienced in 1977, <br />lhe previous record low runoff year. Inflow for the en lire 1992 <br />water year was 558,000 acre-feel, 47 percent of average. The <br /> <br />ACTUAL RELEASES 1992 <br /> <br />THOUSAND ACA!-,.II!T <br />.OO <br /> <br />1 T <br /> "- <br /> <br />3.. <br /> <br />.oo <br /> <br />,.. <br /> <br />. <br />d' +0< <f ., ~i1 .4- o! ..jo ,# ,~ ..'" .,0. <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />~\ <br /> <br />total release from Fontenelle Dam for waler year 1992 was <br />688,000 acre-feet. <br /> <br />Peak inflow into Fontenelle Reservoir was 2,400 cubic feet per <br />second on May 28, 1992. Even though releases were made at <br />near minimum levels commencing in April 1992, and <br />remained at thi" \evel through Ihe remainder of water year <br />1992, Fonlenelle was approximalely 20 feet short of filling in <br />1992. Approximately 27,000 acre-feet of water bypassed lhe <br />turbines. <br /> <br />FONTENELLE RESERVOIR <br /> <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Acre-feet <br /> <br />Elevation, feet <br /> <br />Slorage Capacity <br />Rated Head <br />Minimum Power <br />Surface Area, full <br />Reservoir Length, full <br /> <br />344,834 <br />233,789 <br />194,962 <br /> <br />Powerplanl <br /> <br />6506 <br />6491 <br />6485 <br />8,058 Acres <br />18 Miles <br /> <br />Number of Units <br />Total Capacity <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />1 <br />10,000 KW <br />