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<br />LAKE MOHAVE <br />(COLORADO RIVER) <br /> <br /> <br />WalerYear 1987 <br /> <br />At the beginning of water year 1987, the water surface <br />elevation of Lake Mohave, which is impounded by Davis Dam, <br />was 631.4 feet, with an active storage of 1,395,000 acre-feel. <br /> <br />During the winter months, the water level was gradually raised <br />to approximately 644 feet, with an active storage of 1,730,000 <br />acre-feet in the first part of February 1987, The water level <br />was then gradually raised during March, The reservoir <br />reached elevation 645,8 feet during the first part of Apru1987. <br />During April and May, Lake Mohave fluctuated between an <br />elevation of about 645 and 643 feet, with an active storage of <br />approximately 1.76 MAP at the end of May. Lake Mohave was <br />at an elevation of about 633 feet by the end of July 1987. The <br /> <br />ACTUAL RELEASES <br /> <br />WY 1987 <br /> <br />_OF. <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.......... <br />- ,~ ~,....... <br />..~r -.....,~,.~. <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />oNDJFMAMJJASO <br /> <br />reservoir ended the water year at an elevation of 633.0 feet <br />with 1,436,000 acre-feet in active storage, <br /> <br />Lake Mohave releases were made to satisfy flood control <br />requirements and downstream water use requirements, <br />including diversions by The Metropolitan Water District of <br />Southern California (MWD) and by the Central Arizona <br />Project (CAP), A small amount of regulation occurred at <br />Lake Havasu, During the water year 13,020,000 acre-feet were <br />released at Davis Dam, all of which passed through the <br />turbines for power production, Of that amount, 1,313,000 <br />acre-feet were pumped from Lake Havasu by MWD and <br />356,000 acre-feet were pumped for the CAP, <br /> <br />LAKE MOHAVE <br /> <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Acre-feet <br /> <br />Elevation, feet <br /> <br />Maximum Storage <br />Rated Head <br />Minimum Power <br />Surface Nea, full <br />Reservoir Length, full <br /> <br />647 <br />623 <br />570 <br />28,'200 Acres <br />67 Miles <br /> <br />1,810,000 <br />1,188,000 <br />217,500 <br /> <br />PowerpJant <br /> <br />Number of Units <br />Total Capacity <br /> <br />5 <br />240,000 KW <br /> <br />17 <br />