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<br />H r G H RES E R V 0 r R S TOR AGE <br />CON T r N U E S <br /> <br />March 1 storage in all major reseryoirs of the Western Division <br />System totaled 3,916,000 acre-feet which was 139 percent of the <br />1961-1980 historic March 1 ayerage and only 60,000 acre-feet less <br />than last year at this same time. <br /> <br />Individual Project water ownership in storage on March 1 was 165 <br />percent of normal for the North Platte Project, 151 percent of <br />normal for the Kendrick Project, 84 percent on the Glendo Unit and <br />137 percent of the 1961-1980 ayerage for the Colorado-Big Thompson <br />Project. <br /> <br />With the high reservoir storage and forecasted near normal runoff <br />for the North Platte River area, early release of anticipated <br />excess water to full storage ownership was initiated from Guernsey <br />Reservoir on February 25, 1985. The Guernsey release was <br />progressively increased until reaching the target rate of 3,000 <br />c.f.s. on February 28, 1985. <br /> <br />The total excess release for the month of February was 9,082 <br />acre-feet. <br /> <br />7 <br />