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. , . . OOlGti,~ Progress on the SlUT PROJECT is moving along according to schedule. At Rifle Gap Dam, excavation for the spillway stilling basin, excavation J in borrow areas, placement of dam embankment, and concrete placement in the outlet vorks tunnel lining continues. Work also moves ahead at a satisfactory rate on the Silt Pump Canal and the David Ditch. Leland C. COfer, dba Varulco, of Grand Junction, was awarded the contract for construction of the Silt Pumping Plant. The pumping plant vill have a lift of 210 feet and vill be constructed at the end of a 4,OOO-foot-long inlet canal from the Colorado River, about two miles east of the tovn of Silt. The 8.l-mile-long Silt Pump Canal vill extend northwest from the pumping plant, conveying irrigation water to lands on the laver portion of Harvey Mesa. CRSP Reservoirs Runoff of the Colorado River above Glen Canyon Dam totaled 11,810,000 acre-feet for the April through July period, Of this total about 6,400,000 acre-feet was released from Iake Pavell. This permitted Iake Mead to regain storage to rated head of the turbines by June 23. However, Lake Powell continued to rise and on August 10 reached its seasonal maximum elevation of 3,533.90 feet m.s,l. with 8,715,000 acre-feet of surface storage. Since August 10 the lake level has receded to elevation 3,531 feet m.s.l. with 8,534,000 acre-feet surface storage on Octobe~ 17. The lake level vill continue to decline to an est:lJnated elevation of about 3,517 feet by March 30, 1966. Initial filling of Blue Mesa Reservoir is scheduled to begin on October 25. There is essentially no demand for irrigation water below 2