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<br />Water Year 1991 <br /> <br />Under most probable ini1owconditions during the 1991 water <br />year, the Lake Mead water le",l is expected to be drawn do,,", <br />to elevation I 173 feet at the end of June 1991. At that le",l, <br />the lake will ha", in acti", storage approximately 19.2 million <br />acre-feet. During water year 1991, a total ofapprOlomately 8.8 <br />miItion acre-feet is scheduled to be released from Lake Mead <br />under most probable conditions, .11 passing through the <br />powerplant. <br /> <br />The outlook for lowest and highest monthly releases for 1991 <br />will be about 480,000 acre-feet and 960,000 acre-feet, <br />respecti",ly. Drawdown, during the peak large mouth bass <br />spawning period in April and May, is expected to be within <br />the limits of decline recommended in the July 1982 final report <br />ofa 5 year study by the Arizona Game and Fish Department <br />and the Nevada Department of Wildlife (a drawdown rate of <br />less than 2 inches per day). <br /> <br />ACTUAL STORAGE 1990 <br /> <br />MILL.ION ....CRE-FEET <br />" <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> .--' ........ <br /> "" <br />1 " <br /> f'--..- <br /> "'-- <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />.. <br />ONDJFMAMJJAS <br /> <br />MOST PROBABLE RELEASES 1991 <br /> <br />THOUSAND ACRE~FEET <br />1200 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br /> ./ '" i;...- <br /> II \ <br /> f'.. ./ " v <br />0 <br /> <br />1000 <br /> <br />000 <br /> <br />000 <br /> <br />400 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />MOST PROBABLE REGULATED INFLOW 1991 <br /> <br />THOUSAND ACRE-FEET <br />1200 <br /> <br /> I <br /> V "- <br /> ./ <br /> V '\. / <br /> / ........ <br />.......... <br /> <br />1000 <br /> <br />000 <br /> <br />000 <br /> <br />400 <br /> <br />200 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />MOST PROBABLE STORAGE 1991 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />MIL.lI0N ACRE-FEET <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />2 <br />, <br /> ~ <br /> "'" ........ <br /> ~ <br />. <br />a <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />ONDJFMA\IJJAS <br /> <br />16 <br />