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Lower Basin Reservoirs Lake Mead During tile 1977 water year, the Lake Mead water II2!\Jel is scheduted to remain at about elevat\t'Jr. 1,186 feet to enhance the bass spawn and survival cOliditions, At thai level, the lake will have an aver- age active storage of about 20,9 million acre-Ieel. During water year 1977, a total of 8,1 million acre- feet is scheduled to be released from Lake Mead to meet all downstream requirements, All releases are scheduled to pass through the turbines for electric power production, (Chart 7,) Lake Mohave The water level of Lake Mohave is scheduled to rise through the fail and winter months and reach elevation 643 feet by the end of February 1977, it should remain near that yearly h'gh elevation through May 1977, Because of Ihe heavy irrigation use during the summer months, the water level in Lake Mohave is expected to be drawn down to elevat;on 630 feet by September 1977, During that time a total of 8.4 million acre-feet is scheduled to be released from Lake Mohave to meet all downsHeam requ'lremenls. All releases are sched- uled to pass through the turbines for eiectric power produclion, (Chart 8.) ',J'~',', -,~~' 'w "-,~,,,:, ..... . . . .". 'It. ~. "" "'... " , ." .' ,'- . ::..., ./.- Beach at Lake Havasu, Arizona. Lake Havasu Lake Havasu is scheduled at the hi9hest levels consistent with the requirements for maintaining flood control space, The yearly low elevation of 446 feet is scheduled for the December through February high flood-hazard period. The yearly high of 449 feet is scheduled for the low flood-hazard months of May and June, During water year 1977, a total of 7,3 million acre-feet is scheduled to be released from Lake Havasu to meet all down- stream requirements. All releases are scheduled to pass through the turbines for eleclric power production, (Chart 9.) Katherine landing on Lake Hav8su.