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<br />Upper Basin Reservoirs <br /> <br />Fontenelle Reservoir <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />i <br />r- <br />~ <br />Chart I <br /> <br />STATISTICS <br />ACTIVE STORAGE. <br />RESERVOIR <br /> <br />(ACRE. ELEVATION <br />FEET! (FEET! <br />344.834 6506 <br />233,789 6491 <br />194,962 6485 <br />B058 ACRES <br />lBMILES <br /> <br />MAXIMUM SrOAAGE <br />RATED HEAD <br />MINIMUM POWER <br />SURFACE AREA (FULL) <br />RESERVOIA LENGTH <br />IFULL) <br />POWER PLANT <br />NUMBER OF UNITS <br />T01"o1.L CI\PII.C\':Y <br /> <br />, <br />\':1,0013 KILOWAHS <br /> <br />'doe~ nOI mclude 563 ;K;ft! fen Df deild fforage <br />below 6408 frer <br /> <br />OUTFLOW <br /> <br />UPPER aUARTILE <br />8 <br />6 <br /> <br />" <br />u <br />C <br /> <br />i a: >- <br />< " < <br />::!' <l: ~ <br />Water Yea. 1976 <br /> <br />w <br />Z <br />~ <br /> <br />> U <br />o w <br />Z 0 <br /> <br />~ ~ <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />During the past year, Fontenelle Reservoir was <br />operated for hydroelectric generation, flood COn- <br />trol, fish and wildlife enhancement, and recreation. <br />During the fall and winter of 1975-76, the reser- <br />voir water surface elevation was reduced slowly <br />from elevation 6,504 feet at the beginning of the <br />water year to a low elevation of 6,480 feet prior <br />to spring runoff in April. The minimum release <br />during the fall and winter was 700 cubic feet per <br />s8cond (fl"/s) to generate power and maintain <br />f,sh ffows. Springtime releases were controlled to <br />allow the reservoir to fill early in August. Maxi- <br />mum releases of 7,500 (Pis from the reservoir <br />occurred late in June. On September 30, 1976, the <br />reservoir had 335,000 acre-feet of water in active <br />storage at elevation 6,505 feet. (Chart 1.) <br /> <br /> , , <br /> , <br /> ! - , <br />--.- ~ -- - -; .' - - - / - -- <br /> <br />\ <br />