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<br />From: <br /> <br />,N:ie~~+~ <br />~./~fi'1Li-^~9n , <br />Ec"clVEO <br /> <br />HAR 1 ~ fOo. <br />All Colorado River Annual Operating Plan (AOP) Rec1pieMt~~b <br />~~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Date: Karch 9, 1995 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Brad Vickers, Tom Ryan <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Current status <br /> <br />I'eb <br />inflov(unreg) <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Jlidnight <br />Percent Jlar. 7 <br />of normal Blevation <br /> <br />Reservoir storage <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Fontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Powell <br />Navajo <br /> <br />26,600 <br />55,600 <br />25,500 <br />399,300 <br />56,900 <br /> <br />92 <br />114 <br />118 <br />96 <br />209 <br /> <br />6,468.38 <br />6,016.03 <br />7,488.36 <br />3,644.84 <br />6,069.47 <br /> <br />111,600 <br />2,839,000 <br />568,500 <br />16,582,100 <br />1,468,600 <br /> <br />Expected Operation <br /> <br />PONTBNBLLB - Releases from Fontenelle are currently at 1000 cfs. <br />Releases were increased from 800 cfs to 1000 cfs on March 8 due to <br />increased inflow that began in late February. The forecasted <br />inflow combined with a 1000 cfs release, should draw the reservoir <br />down to near minimum power pool (6463.4 feet) by the end of March. <br />Releases will likely be increased to maximum power plant capacity <br />(approximately 1300 cfs) in the early part of April. <br /> <br />PLAKIBG GORGB - Snowpack in the Upper Green River Basin is now at <br />84 percent of normal. Forecasted unregulated inflow into Flaming <br />Gorge is 75 percent of normal. Unless precipitation in the Upper <br />Green River Basin is much above average this spring, water year <br />1995 will be the 9th consecutive year of below normal inflow into <br />Flaming Gorge. <br /> <br />Releases from Flaming Gorge this past winter season have been <br />steady, with no hour to hour fluctuation. From December 1, 1994 <br />until February 14, releases were steady at 1200 cfs. Releases have <br />been steady at 800 cfs since that date. Releases will likely <br />remain at..OO cfs until early April. . <br /> <br />In water year 1995, Flaming Gorge is again being operated in <br />compliance with the Final BiOlogical Opinion for the Operation of <br />Flaming Gorge Dam (FBOFGD). Details of the upcoming special spring <br />release will be formulated at the Flaming Gorge Working Group <br />meeting to be held in Vernal, ut. on April 12 and 13. For <br />information on the Flaming Gorge Working Group contact Ed Vidmar at <br />801-379-1000. <br /> <br />The minimum flow criteria of 800 cfs at Flaming Gorge will continue <br />to be strictly adhered to at all times during the year. <br />