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<br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />:.J <br /> <br />\0 <br />. <br /> <br />Date: November 18, 1996 <br /> <br />From: Water Resource Group, Salt Lake City <br /> <br />To: All Colorado River Annual Operating Plan (AOP) Recipients <br /> <br />Current Status <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />NOV 25 1996 <br /> <br />October ColoradoWaler <br />inflow(unr~rvation ~cent <br />(acre-feet) of normal <br /> <br />Midnight <br />November 18 <br />Elevation <br /> <br />Reservoir storage <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Fontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Powell <br />Navajo <br />* Regulated <br /> <br />42,800 <br />47,700 <br />43,700 <br />468,600 <br />21,200 * <br /> <br />81 <br />73 <br />122 <br />86 <br />67 <br /> <br />6,490.11 <br />6,028.98 <br />7,498.15 <br />3,677.74 <br />6,046.16 <br /> <br />227,747 <br />3,307,239 <br />646,029 <br />20,930,558 <br />1,177,762 <br /> <br />Expected Operation <br /> <br />FONTENELLE - Releases from Fontenelle are currently at 1100 cfs. <br />Releases will likely remain near 1100 cfs throughout the late fall <br />and winter in order to draw the reservoir down to elevation 6464 <br />feet prior to next seasons April through July runoff period. <br /> <br />FLAMING GORGE - Releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir for the first <br />15 days of November will average 2200 cfs on Monday, Tuesday, <br />Wednesday, and Thursday and 1900 cfs on Friday, Saturday and <br />Sundays. <br /> <br />Releases on Monday through Thursday for the first 15 days of <br />November will be a "double hump" pattern, whereby releases increase <br />in the morning, decrease somewhat during the middle of the day, <br />increase again in the afternoon, and then are reduced in the <br />evening. T~S operation is h~;ng ~arri~p out because r~f <br />tran~forwjr re~lacements at Morrow Point Dam in ~nlorado. Flaming <br />__ _ ~w <br />Gorge Reservoir will be used to make up some of the lost generation <br />at Morrow Point on these days. The daily average releases will be <br />2200 cfs on these days. Unless emergency or severe power marketing <br />circumstances occur, instantaneous releases will likely be between <br />a high of 3200 cfs and a low of 1500 cfs. <br /> <br />Releases from November 15 through January (and on November <br />1,2,3,8,9, and 10) will be a "single hump" pattern, whereby <br />releases increase gradually throughout the day and then are reduced <br /> <br />.z;~8~.6ro <br />