Laserfiche WebLink
<br />~ <br /> <br />Date: January 10, 1996 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />JAN 1 6 1996 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Brad Vickers. Tom Ryan <br /> <br />Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board <br /> <br />To: All ~o~orado River Annual Operating Plan (AOP) Recipients <br /> <br />Current statue <br /> <br />DecUlber <br />inflow (unreg) <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Percent <br />of normal <br /> <br />Midnight <br />Jan. 9 <br />SlevatioD <br /> <br />Reservoir storage <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Fontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Powell <br />Navajo <br /> <br />33,100 <br />35,100 <br />30,500 <br />449,300 <br />12,700 <br /> <br />100 <br />88 <br />120 <br />105 <br />52 <br /> <br />6,486.10 <br />6,027.83 <br />7,487.46 <br />3,680.12 <br />6,068.64 <br /> <br />201,730 <br />3,263,543 <br />561,542 <br />21,275,538 <br />1,457,322 <br /> <br />Expected operatioD <br /> <br />FONTENELLB - Releases from Fontenelle are currently at 1170 cfs. <br />Inflow has been between 300 and 500 cfs during the latter part of <br />December and early January. <br /> <br />snowpack above Fontenelle is currently above normal. Upper Green <br />River basin snowpack is currently 134 percent of normal (as of <br />January 4). <br /> <br />It is expected that releases will remain near 1200 cfs through <br />winter period. These releases combined with expected inflows will <br />cause the reservoir to drop to elevation 6463.5 feet (93.000 <br />acre-feet) by April of 1996 when the spring runoff will likely <br />begin. <br /> <br />FLAMING GORGI - Releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir will likely <br />be steady (no hour to hour fluctuations) at 2200 cf~ throughout <br />January. <br /> <br />Early season snow conditions in the Upper Green River are <br />good. While most of the upper Colorado River Basin has below normal <br />snowpack, the snowpack in the Upper Green River basin is 134 <br />percent of normal (as of January 4). <br /> <br />In water year 1996, Flaming Gorge will again be operated <br />incompliance with the Final Biological Opinion for the Operation of <br />Flaming Gorge Dam (FBOFGD). Water vear 1996 is the last year in <br />the five year research Deriod. through which recommendations for <br />winter and spring operations at the dam will be based. <br /> <br />Open forum discussions on Flaming Gorge Operations have been taking <br />place at meetings of the "Flaming Gorge Working Group". The next <br />Working Group meeting will be held January 25 in Heber, Ut. For <br />more information on the Working Group, contact Ed Vidmar at <br />801-379-1000. <br />