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<br />June precipitation continued below average at 8+ percent and inflow was also below average <br />at 'tfJ percent. Inflow remained bdap !l(.;,rage for July at fit- percent, and inflow fell bda.. <br />+00 fels in early July. Total April-July inflow was 58,98e acre-feet or H't percent of <br />average. Precipitation continued to be below average for July at 69 percent of average. <br />Bypass releases above the minimum required release to Willow Creek were 11,588 acre-feet <br />for June and 36+ acre-feet for July, and ended on JlII) 11. August precipitation was weH: <br />bela.. !1.1;,age at 49 percent, and inflow was bela.. !l.elage at 60 percent of the 1966-1995 <br />average. <br /> <br />September precipitation was \,ell aba,e !l.el'!lge at 155 percent of average, and by the end of <br />the water year, natural inflow averaged tlW) 25 ft'/s. <br /> <br />During the water year, 49,743 acre-feet of controlled release to the river was made in excess <br />to irrigation demand. The byp~J relCll3e h'l the ri .cr reJUltGdl'itte t6 e~g aperaftam r" <br />not pti11l1'~g t8 La:lu~ CrmJ~), .line, the. pdft'l15e.d nater nama lm..G.-.~pille;a at Lalre Cnmb). <br />Lake Cnm1Y) ...ft3 at eal'tleH, due to the bi~h nmaff and p~ GllCr~ nomd lit!.e eeCll <br />,xf't:mkd. dfil'leGG33aril). Wind) Cap nMe. ...ft3 6;130 Jpilleei ~ to Lake Cumby and Willo"" <br />Creek R-e3Cf'H>iI being at eap.aca,.. Smail dft16l:Ult:3 of ...ater naG l'tlfi1t'G8 to Lake Cranb, a3 <br />3tera-gc; beeame a.."ailabk eitlri:ng 1111) September, antl tetftlea 1,799 lieN: feet. <br /> <br />During water year 1998, a total of;,66& acre-feet was pumped to Lake Granby, which was <br />811.1) 11 percent of average and the 18 ..eJl !lm6t1ftt I'liI1'lfled Jill.ee I'tmII'hig begMl. in 1954. <br />Inflow to Willow Creek Reservoir during water year 1998 totaled 67,889 acre-feet which was <br />144 percent of average. <br /> <br />On September 30, the reservoir had 9;584 acre-feet of water in storage. <br /> <br />Granbv Reservoir <br /> <br />Completed in 1950, the Granby Reservoir on the upper Colorado River collects and stores <br />most of the project water supply for the Project. The reservoir stores the flow of the Colorado <br />River as well as water pumped from Willow Creek Reservoir. The reservoir has a total <br />storage capacity of539,800 acre-feet The spillway, located on the left abutment, is controlled <br />by two radial gates with a total release capacity of 11,500 ft'/s. Granby Pumping Plant has <br />three units with a combined installed capacity of 600 ft'/s. <br /> <br />Reservoir carryover storage into water year 1998 was 525,265 acre-feet which was 1l1,595 <br />sere feet .!lbo.e the 30-year average of HJ,679 acre-feet. <br /> <br />October-January precipitation was B-1 percent of average, and October-January inflow was <br />-85 percent of average. <br /> <br />filename: CBT A0P98,DFT <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />Pn:liminorY Working Draft July 8,.1999 <br />