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<br />UPPER <br /> <br />. R__ <br />Q\ ""13'89 <br />~';~lVIV\IJO w~ <br />.ONSERvA'rJON <br />COLORADO RIVER<l~MISS <br /> <br />D/R / <br />SC ... <br />ASC ! <br />F c:/s P -<;;~/...s <br />I <br />l "f: R-se,yo ":5 <br />e <br />10 <br /> <br />l', <br />./ <br /> <br />3 H South Founh &st StYe't't <br />Sal, lA< City, U",h 8'1 II <br /> <br />March 10, 1989 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Upper Colorado River 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 February 28, 1989 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 6,451.03 53.1 + 2.9 345 15.47- <br />Flaming Gorge 6,017,76 2.898,4 23.9 3,749 77,37- <br />Blue Mesa 7,476.25 478,7 + 8.4 830 57.77- <br />Navajo 6,041. 21 1,122.8 7.0 1,696 66.27. <br />Lake Powell 3,674.61 21,129.8 - 286.2 25,000 84,57. <br />UPPER BASIN TOTAL . 25,682.8 - 305.8 31,620 81.27. <br />Lake Mead 1,202.49 23,278,1 + 159.3 26,159 89,07. <br /> <br />March 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 />690,000 <br />980,000 <br />680,000 <br />830,000 <br />6,900,000 <br /> <br />Percent <br />1961-1985 Average <br />797- <br />777. <br />987- <br />1097- <br />857- <br />