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<br />''; <br /> <br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO <br />RIVER COMMISSION <br /> <br />355 South 400 East. Salt Lake City. Utah 84111 . 801-531-1150 . FAX 801-531-9705 <br /> <br />TO: Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers <br /> <br />FROM: Everett E. Sunderland, Staff Engineer <br /> <br />DATE: January 18, 2000 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: CONTENT AND STREAMFLOW OF SELECTED COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br />RESERVOIRS AND TRIBUTARIES. <br /> <br />UPPER BASIN RESERVOm CONDmONS <br />Conditions for selected Colorado River System reservoirs on December 3 I, 1999 are shown in <br />Table 1. Data was taken from the monthly reservoir summary provided by the Bureau of <br />Reclamation Upper Colorado Regional Office Water Resources Group. Reservoir storage <br />capacity conditions for December 31, 1999 are also shown below in figure 1. <br /> <br />Table I. Conditions for Colorado River Svstem Reservoirs December 31. 1999 <br />STORAGE WATER SURFACE RESERVOIR CHANGE IN LIVE STORAGE LIVE STORAGE <br />RESERVOIR ELEVATION LIVE CONTENT CONTENT CAPAClTY CAP AClTY <br /> (ft.) (IOOOa.O (1000 aJ.) (1000 aJ.) (%) <br />F ootenelle 6,487.43 2] 1.00 (41.20) 345 61.16% <br />Flaming Gorge 6.027.91 3.269.10 (5760) 3,749 87.20% <br />Rlue Mesa 7.491.00 589.10 (38.80) 829 71.06% <br />Navajo 6.07146 1.500.90 (2340) 1.696 88.50% <br />Lake Powell 3.681.27 21,443.60 (525.30) 24.322 88.17% <br />Upper Basin Total 27,013.70 (686.30) 30,941 87.31 % <br /> <br />100% I <br /> <br />80% I <br />I <br />60% I <br />I <br />40% I <br />I <br />20% I <br />I <br />0% I <br />FonlencUIl Flmning <br />Oms' <br /> <br />Live Storage Capacity <br />Conditions December 31, 1999 <br /> <br /> <br />Blue . <br />M'M <br /> <br />NllVlJO <br /> <br />LU. <br />Powell <br /> <br />lJpp<< <br />s..u, <br />To.... <br /> <br />I_ Uve Content <br /> <br />[L] Available Storage I <br /> <br />Figure 1. <br />