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<br />,- <br /> <br />I ..- <br />001 u";l <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Sufficient storage of the 1966 spring runoff would be made to insure res- <br /> <br />ervoir levels above the minimum operating head throughout the following <br /> <br />winter. Storage in Blue Mesa can then be used for irri~tion releases <br /> <br />to replace the 80,000 acre-feet released from Taylor Park to reach ini- <br /> <br />tial dead storage at Blue Mesa Reservoir. <br /> <br />Flaming Gorge Reservoir is slowly rising and will continue to 'r1~e-through- <br /> <br />out the winter. On September 12 the elevation was 5,998.86 feet m.s.l. <br /> <br />with a content of 2,333,000 acre-feet of surface storage. This continuous <br /> <br />rise can be attributed 1:.0 the transf'er of most of the Flaming Gorge Power- <br /> <br />plant loads to the Glen Canyon Powerplant. Above average precipitation <br /> <br />during August and the first part of September also contributed appreciable <br /> <br />amounts of water to the le.ke. Emergency releases from F'ontenelle bave <br /> <br />caused Flaming Gorge Reservoir to rise about 7 feet in 8 days begirming <br /> <br />September 5, 1965. <br /> <br />Tbe high runoff in the San Juan River drainage area raised Navajo <br /> <br />Reservoir to 6,012.25 feet on July 31. The reservoir level is receding <br /> <br /> <br />slowly and was at elevation 6,000.54 on~/SePtember 12 and will continue <br /> <br />to decline slowly until snowmelt runof'f begins next spring. Until a <br /> <br />decision is reached on repairing or altering the main outlet works, water <br /> <br />will be released only through the auxiliary works at a rate of' about <br /> <br />1,900 c.f.s. This will result in an est:lmated water level of about 5,966 <br /> <br />feet m.s.l. in March 1966 or about 11 feet above the level required to <br /> <br />allow work to continue on the upstream end of the Navajo Indian Irri~tion <br /> <br />tunnel. <br /> <br />3 <br />