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: ; OOlGJ/t . . Progress on the SILT PROJECT is moving along according to schedule. At Rifle Gap Dam, excavation for the spillway stilling basin, excavation in borrow areas, placement of dam embankment, and concrete placement in the outlet works tunnel lining continues. ., , Work also moves ahead at a satisfactory rate on the Silt Pump Canal and the Davie Ditch, Bid opening date for construction of the Silt'Pump- ing Plantwas extended to September 16; award of contract is pending. CRSP Reservoirs Runoff of the Colorado River above Glen Canyon Dam totaled 11,810,000 acre-feet for the April through July period. Of this total about 6,400,000 acre-feet was released from lake I'bwell. This permitted lake Mead to regain storage to rated head of the turbines by June 23. However, lake Pbwell continued to rise and on August 10 reached its seasonal maximum elevation of 3,533.90 feet m.s.l. with 8,715,000 acre-feet of surface storage. Since August 10 the lake level has been receding about 0.25 foot per day and reached elevation of 3,529.59 feet m.s.l. with 8,430,000 acre-feet surface storage on September 14. The lake level will continue to decline to an estimated elevation of about 3,523 feet by March 30, 1966. Initial filling of Blue Mesa Reservoir is scheduled to begin in Octo- ber. There is essentially no demand for irrigation water below the dam during the winter, and, if 80,000 acre-feet can be made available from Taylor Park Reservoir, Blue Mesa Reservoir could fill to minimum operating level and the diversion tunnel closure could be made by January 1, 1966. Releases would be made to meet the downstream demands throughout the winter months. 2