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<br />RECEIVED
<br />MAR 3 1 1997
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<br />C Colorado Water
<br />onservation Board
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<br />TO:
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<br />Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers
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<br />FROM:
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<br />Anne Englert, Staff Engineer
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<br />DATE:
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<br />March 27,1997
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<br />SUBJECT:
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<br />CONTENT OF SELECTED COLORADO RIVER BASIN RESERVOIRS, FORECAST,
<br />STREAMFLOW AND POWER GENERATION
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<br />Conditions for selected Colorado River System reservoirs on February 28, 1997, are shown in Table 1, Data
<br />was taken from the monthly reservoir summary provided by the Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado
<br />, Regional Office Water Resources Group, Reservoir storage capacity conditions for February 28,1997, are also
<br />shown in Figure 1 on page 2,
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<br />Table 1, Conditions for Colorado River System reservoirs, February 28, 1997
<br /> W,S, RESERVOIR CHANGE IN LIVE STORAGE PERCENT OF
<br />STORAGE ELEV, LIVE CONTENT CONTENT CAPACITY LIVE STORAGE
<br />RESERVOIR (feet) (1000 a.f,) (1000 a,f,) (1000 a.f,) CAPACITY
<br />Fontenelle , 6,470,12 119.6 (38.6) 345 34,7%
<br />Flaming Gorge 6,024,74 3,150,6 (65,0) 3,749 84,0%
<br />Blue Mesa 7.474,37 465.8 (74,0) 829 56,2%
<br />Navajo 6,047,80 1,199,9 8,6 1,696 70,8%
<br />Lake Powell 3,666,22 19,321,0 (670,0) 24,322 79.4%
<br />UPPER BASIN TOTAL 24,256,9 (839,0) 30,941 78,4%
<br />Lake Mead 1,196,51 22,417,0 125,5 26,159 85,7%
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<br />Projections and infiow information for reservoirs in the upper Colorado River basin are shown in Table 2, Data
<br />in the fellowing table was provided by the National Weather Service Forecast,Center. Comparisons of the
<br />forecast to the average for 1961-1990 for reservoirs are shown in Figure 2 on page 3,
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<br />Table 2,
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<br />March 7, 1997, Colorado River Basin Forecast for April through July
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<br />STORAGE
<br />RESERVOIR
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<br />PROJECTED INFLOW
<br />(acre-feet)
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<br />PERCENT
<br />1961-1990 AVERAGE
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<br />Fontenelle
<br />, Flaming Gorge
<br />Blue Mesa
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<br />Navajo
<br />Lake Powell
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<br />1,250,000
<br />1,800,000
<br />1,050,000
<br />1 ,250,000
<br />12,500,000
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<br />147%
<br />151%
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<br />150%
<br />162%
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<br />162%
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