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<br />~ <br />toO <br />.... <br />N <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />,.. <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Project and Upper nasin 4ev.lo~nt in future years. In <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />general, the.e polioies reflectea a future water r.souroe <br /> <br />situation in which water demand. on the averaq. would exceed <br /> <br />available water supply. <br /> <br />now.ver, since the completion of Clen Canyon Dam in <br /> <br />1963, water supply has exceeded water demans as illustrated <br /> <br />by this graph. At pre.ent, the Colorado River system <br /> <br />consiatinq of Lake Mead and other watershed re.ervoirs <br /> <br />contained about 10.7 million acre-teet ot storage space in <br /> <br />excess of a 5.35 million acre-feet of vaoant flood control <br /> <br />space that 111 required on January 1. Agaln, we haVe y..rs, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />we have storage accumulation in millions of acre-fe.t. At <br /> <br />1963 was the completion of Glen CAnyon Dam. You will note <br /> <br />'- <br /> <br />there has been an increa.e in storaie more or less every <br /> <br />year since then. Here in 1976, 1977 it. comes down. 'l'ho.. <br /> <br />.I <br /> <br />two (2) years happened to be the drie.t year. on record in <br /> <br />the Colorado River in history. Since then, in 1977 we <br /> <br />are starting up. This year we have. posaibility of! a <br /> <br />trel'llendoua runoff!. We are project.1nljJ that. a line trOll hen <br /> <br />to this point will show this year'. runoff. In thi. reqard. <br /> <br />our Secretary of Interior'. recently allowed ue to rel...e <br /> <br />more water than our downstream dellverie., .0 we will be <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />rele..lni about s.ven hundred thousand (700,000) acre-feet <br /> <br />more than our order.. However, that .eVen hundred thous.nd <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />(700,000) will brin9 that point riljJht to .bout this point. <br />