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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ASPINALL - September inflow was much above average (161 percent). <br />The April through July runoff into the Aspinall unit was 1,605,000 <br />acre-feet or 174 percent of average. This makes water year 1995 a <br />1 in 25 year event (about 187 percent of average). <br /> <br />Inflow into the Aspinall unit has steadily decreased and is <br />currently only 850 cfs. with this decrease in inflow, control of <br />the Aspinall unit has finally returned to Crystal. currently <br />releases from Crystal are 1,990 cfs, 420 cfs is being diverted <br />through the Gunnison tunnel, and the flow in the river is 1,570 <br />cfs. Releases from Crystal will most likely remain near 2,000 cfs <br />through~the end of the calendar year in order to meet our end of <br />December storage target at Blue Mesa. Details of coming operations <br />were discussed at the Aspinall operations meeting held in Montrose, <br />Colorado on August 17, 1995. <br /> <br />NAVAJO September inflow into Navajo was below normal <br />(66 percent). The April through July runoff into Navajo was <br />1,000,000 acre-feet or about 151 Percent of average. This makes <br />the 1995 runoff about a 1 in 5 year event. <br /> <br />Releases from Navajo are currently 800 cfs and will remain at 800 <br />cfs through December. <br /> <br />GLEN CANYON - Inflow into Lake Powell has dropped to near-normal <br />levels and with continued above normal releases, the lake is <br />starting to drop several feet per month. This is likely to <br />continue through April. Equalization with Lake Mead is now <br />expected to occur in December 1995. Releases will likely average <br />15,000 - 16,000 cfs for the next 5 months unless fall and early <br />water precipitation is greatly abnormal. <br />