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<br />. <br /> <br />@D <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> <br />J5S South FouTch East Street <br />Sol, r..~, Cot). UtAh 8~1l1 <br /> <br />March 14, 1984 <br /> <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers <br /> <br />~ Zimmennan, Executive Director <br /> <br />Content of Colorado River Storage Project Reservoirs, Runoff Forecast, <br />Streamflow, and Power Generation <br /> <br />On February 29, 1984, conditions at the operating Storage Units were as <br />follows: <br /> <br /> Reservoir Change in <br />Storage w.s. elev. Live Content Content <br />Reservoi rs in feet in 1000 a. f. in 1000 a. f. <br />Fontenelle 6,479.21 161.9 2.1 <br />Fl amin9 Gorge 6,024.83 3,150.9 - 153.9 <br />Navajo 6,060.66 1,352.3 - 106.5 <br />Blue Mesa 7,460.62 374.6 - 116.0 <br />Lake Powell 3,677.02 21,478.0 - 515.0 <br />TOTAL . . . . . . . 2?,517.7 - 893.5 <br /> <br />Storage in Lake Mead decreased 323,000 acre-feet during the month. On <br />February 29, 1984, the reservoir contained 24,045,000 acre-feet at water <br />surface elevation 1,207.67 feet (84.67 feet above rated head elevation <br />1,123 feet.) <br /> <br />Storage in Fontenelle, Flaming Gorge, Navajo, Blue Mesa, and Lake <br />Powell Reservoirs decreased during the month a total of 893,500 acre-feet. <br /> <br />March I, 1984 Runoff Forecast <br /> <br />Reservoir <br />Fontenell e <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Navajo <br />Lake Powell <br /> <br />Colorado River Runoff Forecast <br />April-Ju 1 y <br />Projected Inflow <br />(acre-feet) <br />905,000 <br />1,450,000 <br />1,100,000 <br />850,000 <br />11,300,000 <br /> <br />Percent <br />1961-1980 Average <br />104 <br />116 <br />161 <br />117 <br />151 <br />