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<br /> <br />. <br />UPPER COLORADO <br />RIVER COMMISSION <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />eo..-. ~...-- <br />eK.5p-sA.,k 6/~~ <br /> <br />355 50uth Fourth East 5treet . 5alt Lake City . Utah 84111 . 801-531-1150 . FAX 801-531-9705 <br /> <br />April 12, 1991 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers <br /> <br />Clint Stevens, Chief Engineer ~ <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Content of Selected Colorado River Basin Reservoirs, Forecast, <br />Streamflow, and Power Generation. <br /> <br />On March 31, 1991 conditions at the selected reservoirs were as follows: <br /> <br /> Reservoir Change Live Storage Percent of <br />Storage W.S. E1ev. Live Content in Content Capacity Live Storage <br />Reservoir ( feetl (1000 a.f.) ( 1000 a. f. ) ( 1000 a. f. ) Capaci ty <br /> ./ ...- <br />Fontenelle 6,464.86 97.7 12.5 345 28.3% <br /> ,...- ,/ <br />Flaming Gorge 6,022.91 3,080.8 + 20.6 3,749 82.2% <br /> ..- v <br />Blue Mesa 7.495.90 627.8 + 1.5 830 75.6% <br />Navajo /' ..- <br />6,063.96 1,395.0 + 26.8 1,696 82.3% <br /> , ./ <br />Lake Powe 11 3,.627.75 15,097 .5 - 143.2 25,000 60.4% <br />UPi'ER BASIN TOTAL 20,298.8 - .,.,,, n 31,620 5/~. 2%. <br />. liJO.O <br /> ..- <br />Lake Mead 1,179.31 20,049.4 99.1 26,159 76.6% <br /> <br />April 1. 1991 Colorado River Runoff Forecast <br /> <br />Reservoir <br />Fontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Navajo <br />Lake Powell <br /> <br />Apr"i1-Julv <br />Projected Inflow <br />(acre-feet) <br />550.000 <br />700,000 <br />550,000 <br />810,000 <br />4,600,000 <br /> <br />Percent <br />1961-1985 Average <br />63% - <br />55% - <br />79% - <br />106% ....- <br />57% <br />~ <br />