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.' .OOluu<l . . ~ the dam during the winter, and, if 60,000 acre-feet can bc made avail- \J" able from Taylor Park Reservoir, Blue Mesa Reservoir could fill to min:lJnum v V\~t operating level and the diversion tunnel closure could be made by . 1t~ January 1, 1966. Releases 'WOuld be made to meet. the dovn&tream demands , \ V throughout. the winter months. Sutfie ient storage of thc 1966 spring o \ III I l~ ~') ") I (~. "'~ Ii '{~ V\ ..' il! \! JV V.l , 0 10 Blue Mesa Reservoir. i\ : 'v~ ~1 , runoff vauld be made to insure maintsining reservoir levels above the minimum operating head throughout the following winter. . Storage in Blue Mesa can then be used for irrigation releases to replace the 60,000 acre-feet released from Taylor Park to reach initial dead storage at Flaming Gorge Reservoir is slowly rising and will continue to rise throughout the winter. On October 17 the elevation ws 6,005 feet m.s,!. with a content of 2,534,000 acre-feet of surface storage. This continuous rise can be attributed t.o the t.ransfer of most of the Flaming Gorge Power- plant loads to the Glen Canyon Powerplant. Above average precipitation during August and September also contributed appreciable amounts of water to the lake. Emergency releases from Fontenelle caused F1aining Gorge Reservoir to rise about 7 feet in 8 days beginning September 5, 1965. The high runoff in the San Juan River drainage area raised Navajo Reservoir to 6,012.42 feet on Auguat 3. The reservoir level is receding alovly and _s at elevation 5,996 feet on October 17 (surface storage 715,700) and will continue to decline slowly until snowme lt runoff 'begins next spring. Until a decision is reached on repairing or altering the main outlet works, water will be released only through the auxiliary l10rks at a rate of about 1,900 c.f.s. This will result in an estimated l/Bter level of about 5,965 feet m.s.l. in March 19/56 or about 10 feet 3