WSP03822

• File Number: 8282.600.10
• Description: Colorado River Operating Annual Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1978
• Author: USDOI/BOR
• Title: Operation of the Colorado River Basin 1978 Projected Operations 1979
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

Curecanti Unit-Morrow Point Reservoir

Morrow Point Reservoir was essentially full
during water year 1978, On September 30,
1977, the Reservoir contained 114,000 acre-
feet of actual storage at water surface
elevation 7156 feet. Its inflow is extensively
controlled by Blue Mesa Reservoir which is
upstream,

Morrow Point is expected to be operated at
or near full capacity regardless of snowmelt
runoff, (Chart 4,)

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Chart 4/ Morrow Point
Reservoir

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RESERVOIR

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79,805 7108
7~.905 7100
617 ACRES
11 MILES

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MINIMUM POWER
SURFACE AREA (FULLI
RESERVOIR LENGTH (FULLI
POWER PLANT
NUMBER OF UNITS 2
TQTt\L CAPACITY OF U~jITS 120.000 KILOWt\TTS
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