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<br />/. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />l,' sY /)}lL'/f: <br />',-~'-' # ) :.<- tJ. /\....../ <br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION <br /> <br />H5 South Fourth EaH StTar <br /> <br />Sale La~~ City. Utah 8'" J, <br /> <br />February 13, 1984 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FRO~1: <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers <br />G~Zimmerman, Executive Director <br /> <br /> <br />rD!ffi~Wl n <br />FE B 15 1984 U <br />COLORADO WATER <br />CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> <br />Content of Colorado River Storage Project Reservoirs, Runoff Forecast, <br />Streamflow, and Power Generation <br /> <br />On January 31, 1984, conditions at the operating Storage Units were as <br />foll ows: <br /> <br />Storage <br />Reservoirs <br /> <br />Fontenell e <br /> <br />Fl ami ng Gorge <br /> <br />Navajo <br /> <br />Blue Mesa <br /> <br />Lake Powell <br /> <br />w.s. elev. <br />in feet <br /> <br />6,479.60 <br />6,028.93 <br />6,068.73 <br />7,477.91 <br />3,680.0 <br /> <br />TOTAL. . . . . <br /> <br />Reservoi r <br />Live Content <br />in 1000 a. f. <br /> <br />164.0 <br /> <br />3,304.8 <br /> <br />1,458.8 <br /> <br />490.6 <br /> <br />21,993.0 <br /> <br />. . . . 27,411.2 <br /> <br />Change in <br />Content <br />in 1000 a. f. <br /> <br />+ 5.0 <br /> <br />146.6 <br /> <br />87.5 <br /> <br />102.8 <br /> <br />704.0 <br /> <br />- 1,035.9 <br /> <br />Storage in Lake Mead decreased 382,000 acre-feet during the month. 0" <br />January 31, 1984, the reservoir contained 24,368,000 acre-feet at water <br />surface elevation 1,209.82 feet (86.82 feet above rated head elevation 1,123 <br />feet. ) <br /> <br />Storage in Fontenelle, Flaming Gorge, Navajo, Blue Mesa, and Lake Powell <br />Reservoirs decreased during the month a total of 1,035,900 acre-feet. <br /> <br />February 1, 1984 Runoff Forecast <br /> <br />Colorado River Runoff Forecast <br />April-July <br />Projected Inflow <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />1,050,000 <br />1, 700,000 <br />1,170,000 <br />1,000,000 <br />12,400,000 <br /> <br />Rese rvo i r <br /> <br />Fontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Navajo <br />Lake Powell <br /> <br />Percent <br />1961-1980 Average <br />121 <br />136 <br />171 <br />137 <br />166 <br />