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<br />.'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />@) <br /> <br />~ ~_ _;yj~~l <br />--' '-r-r,.Lr <br />, CIi?6I' .t;1.. 1_5" , <br />COMMI S SIo~_ReM~~~:__i <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO RIVER <br /> <br />355' South Founh &ut Stf(ct <br />Sol, U1~' Ci'y, U",h 84111 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />January 12, 1989 <br /> <br />JaN If '8<) <br /> <br />~.i ~~u: 'w. ~ - i-t:(\ <br />' '.';oNSiilW,rj()~7 <br />~':..t. ;::" <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Uppe~ C0l0l:'Mtfn lH.ve.r Commissioners and Advisers <br /> <br />FROM: Clint Stevens, Chief Engineer~~ ~~~ <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Content of Colorado River Storage Project Reservoirs, Forecast, <br />Streamflow, and Power Generation. <br /> <br />On December 31, 1988 conditions at the operating Storage Units were as <br />follows: <br /> <br /> Reservoir Change Live Storage Percent of <br />Storage W.S. Elev. Live Content in Content Capacity Live Storage <br />Reservoir (feet) (1000 a.f.) ( 1000 a. f . ) (1000 a.f.) Capacity <br />Fontenelle 6,449.14 47.9 + 2.5 345 13.97- <br />Flaming Gorge 6,019.47 2,958.0 40.3 3,749 78.97- <br />Blue Mesa 7,473.37 458.5 + 7.8 830 55.27- <br />Navajo 6,043.71 1,150.3 22.1 1,696 67.87- <br />Lake Powell 3,679.76 21,879.6 - 346.6 25,000 87.57- <br />UPPER BASIN TOTAL . 26,494.3 - 398.7 31,620 83,87- <br />Lake Mead 1,199.73 22,876.3 + 39.1 26,159 87.57- <br /> <br />January I, 1989 Colorado River Runoff Forecast <br /> <br />Reservoir <br />Fontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Navajo <br />Lake Powell <br /> <br />April-July <br />Projected Inflow <br />(acre-feet) <br />750,000 <br />1,020,000 <br />670,000 <br />690,000 <br />7,000.000 <br /> <br />Percent <br />1961-1985 Average <br />867- <br />807- <br />967- <br />907- <br />877- <br />