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<br />Glen Canyon Dam - Releases through March 24, 2000, will average about 11,300 cfs. Weekday "on <br />peak" releases (late afternoon and early evening) will be about 14,000 cfs. Weekend on peak <br />releases will be about 12,000 cfs. "Off peak" releases (late evening and early morning) will be 8,400 <br />cfs on all days. <br /> <br />On March 25, releases from Glen Canyon Dam will be reduced to steady flows of 8,000 cfs. <br />.Releases will be held steady at 8,000 cfs through Apnl 5 (12 days), during which time aerial <br />photography of the Colorado River corridor from Glen Canyon Darn to Lake Mead will be collected. <br />From this aerial photography, high resolution (one meter) topographic base maps of the Colorado <br />River corridor will be developed to support the scientific study and monitoring of the river corridor. <br />It is possible that this aerial photography work may be completed in less than 12 days. If this is the <br />case, releases will be increased from 8,000 cfs prior to April 5. <br /> <br />Water year 2000 began very dry. October, November, and December 1999 were months with much <br />below average precipitation. Snowpack in the Colorado River Basin on January 1,2000, was only <br />43 percent of average. However, January and February were months with above average <br />precipitation, however. Snowpack in the Upper Colorado River basin as of March 9, 2000, has <br />increased to 85 percent of average. <br /> <br />The March final inflow forecast issued by the National Weather Service is forecasting 6.0 million <br />acre-feet (78 percent of average) for April through July inflow to Lake Powell. <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation is now considering testing low steady releases from Glen Canyon Darn <br />this summer. For more information on these test flows, please visit Reclamation's web <br />page at www.uc.usbr.gov/paol. <br />