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<br />The next meeting of the "Aspinall Unit Working Group" will be held on August 23, 2001 at
<br />12:30 pm in the National Park Service Elk Creek Visitor Center at Blue Mesa Reservoir, At this
<br />meeting, review of last Spring and Summer operations, and plans for this Fall 2001 operations
<br />will be discussed, These meetings are open forum discussions on the Aspinall Unit reservoir
<br />operations with many interested groups participating, Anyone needing further information about
<br />these meetings should contact Dan Crabtree in the Grand Junction Area Office at (970) 248-0652,
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<br />NA VAJO - Average daily releases from Navajo Reservoir are currently 4,275 cfs, This release
<br />rate will remain at this level through June 18, after which we plan to start reducing the reservoir
<br />releases to a base flow of approximately 500 to 600 cfs, The peak Spring release was originally
<br />planned to be 5,000 cfs, but had to be reduced because of a mechanical problem with one of the
<br />reservoir gates, The 5,000 cfs peak release is in accordance with the Final Flow
<br />Recommendations for recovery of endangered fish, The current reservoir inflow is averaging
<br />about 4,500 cfs, The reservoir water surface elevation is 6073,15 feet which corresponds to a
<br />content of about 1,525,000 acre-feet.
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<br />Precipitation in the San Juan basin was 90 percent of average for the month of May, There is
<br />very little basin snowpack remaining below elevation 11,000 feet. This year's snowmelt runoff
<br />resulted with most river's peaking about the first week in June, The inflow forecast issued by
<br />the National Weather Service on June 6, 2001, forecasted April through July unregulated inflow
<br />into Navajo Reservoir to be about 920,000 acre-feet, or 120 percent of average, This is a
<br />decrease of about 25,000 acre-feet over last month's inflow forecast.
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<br />A public meeting on Navajo Reservoir operations will be held on August 21, 2001 at 1:00 pm in
<br />Farmington, New Mexico, At this meeting, review of last Spring and Summer operations and
<br />plans for this Fall 2001 operations will be discussed, These are open forum discussions on the
<br />operation of Navajo Reservoir with many interested groups participating, Anyone interested in
<br />the general operation of the reservoir is encouraged to attend, For further information about
<br />these meetings or the daily operations of Navajo Reservoir please contact Pat Page in
<br />Reclamation's Durango, Colorado Office at (970) 385-6560.
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<br />Glen Canvon Dam - Releases from Glen Canyon Dam for the month of May averaged about
<br />9,900 cubic feet per second (cfs) , A total of 602,000 acre-feet was released during the month,
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<br />Average daily releases in June will be slightly higher than May, and will average about 10,000
<br />cfs. On Mondays through Saturdays, daily fluctuations due to load-following will vary between a
<br />low of about 6,700 cfs (during late evening and early morning off-peak hours) to a high of about
<br />12,700 cfs (during afternoon and early evening on-peak hours). On Sundays, releases will vary
<br />between about 6,700 cfs (from 7 p,m, to 7 a,m.) to about 8,000 cfs (from 7 a,m, to 7 p,m,). A
<br />total of 600,000 acre-feet is scheduled to be released in June, July releases will likely be higher
<br />than June. The current schedule shows 800,000 acre,feet to be released in July which is an
<br />average of 13,000 cfs,
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<br />On May 7, 2001, and again on May 8,2001, Reclamation's Glen Canyon Dam Powerplant
<br />responded to a Stage III power emergency in California, On May 7, generation was increased by
<br />about 350 megawatts above that scheduled, The May 7 response occurred at about 1500 hours
<br />MST, Peak releases of approximately 20,800 cfs from Glen Canyon Dam were made, This was
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