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<br />Date:~0i11997 <br /> <br />From: Water Resource Group, Salt Lake City <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />JUL 30 1997 <br /> <br />To: All Colorado River Annual Operating Plan (AOP) <br /> <br />Colorado Wale' <br />Conservation Board <br />Recipients <br /> <br />,- <br /> <br />Current Status <br /> <br />June <br />inflow (unreg) <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Percent <br />of normal <br /> <br />Midnight <br />July 10 <br />Elevation <br /> <br />Resevoir <br />Storage <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Fontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Powell <br />Navajo <br /> <br />644,000 <br />800,000 <br />467,000 <br />4,977,000 <br />403,000 <br /> <br />183 <br />170 <br />143 <br />168 <br />163 <br /> <br />6,496.52 <br />6,035.70 <br />7,516.19 <br />3,695.09. <br />6,068.87 <br /> <br />273,000 <br />3,575,000 <br />801,000 <br />23,542,000 <br />1,460,000 <br /> <br />Expected Operation <br /> <br />FONTENELLE - Inflow into Fontenelle Reservoir continues to drop <br />and releases have been reduced accordingly. Releases are <br />currently at 2,000 cubic feet per second (cfs). The reservoir <br />elevation is at 6496.52 feet with a live content of 273,262 acre- <br />feet. <br /> <br />FLAMING GORGE - On June 21, in the late afternnon, a failure <br />occured one of the bypass outlet tubes at Flaming Gorge Dam. <br />This triggered a complete shut-down of the powerplant and, for <br />about six hours, caused significant trouble as crews worked to <br />contain the damage and return stable flows to the Green River. <br />By midnight of June 21, the river was flowing a stable 4,000 cfs. <br /> <br />Since that time, significant work has been performed putting the <br />power plant back on line. As of June 29, all three of the <br />generating units have been up and running. We are now releasing <br />4500 cfs and all of this water is going through the power plant. <br /> <br />The dam and the bypass tube which did not fail have been <br />inspected thoroughly. The dam is safe and the bypass tube has <br />passed a complete inspection. <br /> <br />Releases from Flaming Gorge Dam will be reduced beginning on July <br />11. Daily average releases will be as shown in the following <br />schedule. <br /> <br />Date Release (cfs) <br />July 11 4100 <br />July 12 3700 <br />July 13 3300 <br />July 14 2900 <br />July 15 2500 <br />July 16 2100 <br />