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<br />~ <br /> <br />nf'" 'H' <br />U l..J .1.- d .) n <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />Fontenelle Reservoir, upstream from Flaming Gorge Reservoir, now has 201,000 <br /> <br />acre-feet in storage at elevation 6,486 feet. During the remainder of this winter the <br /> <br />reservoir will be drawn to a minimum elevation of about 6,484 feet. During the spring <br /> <br />runoff Fontenelle will fill until June and then recede to about elevation 6,500 feet by <br /> <br />September. With minor modifications the near maximum power releases should provide <br /> <br />an environment for successful geese nesting and hatching along the river downstream <br /> <br />from the dam during late March through early May. <br /> <br />Navajo Reservoir should peak at elevation 6,038 feet with 1,085,000 acre-feet <br /> <br />of live storage by late June 1971. It should slowly recede to elevation 6,010 with <br /> <br />825,000 acre-feet of live storage through the following fall and winter. <br /> <br />The drainage area above Blue Mesa Reservoir received about normal precipitation <br /> <br />from October 1970 through January 1971. With average conditions the reservoir is <br /> <br />expected to reach elevation 7,515 feet with a live storage content of 790,000 acre- <br /> <br />feet. It should recede slowly until elevation 7,440 feet is reached in March 1972. <br /> <br />Morrow Point Reservoir, which is located immediately downstream from Blue Mesa <br /> <br />Dam, will be operated at or near full capacity regardless of the amount of snowmelt <br /> <br />runoff. The reservoir now has 116,000 acre-feet of live storage at elevation 7,158 <br /> <br />feet. The reservoir at full storage is at elevation 7,160 feet with a content of 117,000 <br /> <br />acre-feet. Both generating units are now on line and producing power at Morrow <br /> <br />Point. <br /> <br />4 <br />