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(.C> c.o I:'- C".J . . c: .--- ---'-~----'~-'----l 131 percent (9G') chance thAt ~he reservoirs of the Colorado I River system will reach January 1 flood control level. withini I I I . '-' the next six (6) years. Right. here, wh.re U79, the prObability of a flood .vent 1n this yeA% 1. practically zero. lwwever, if we do g.t this 11.7 million aor..f..t runoff this year, t.hat'. April through July, we then have about a fifty.six percent (56') of a flood ev.nt or having to us. our flood control operation in 1980. But W.'re looking ahead several year. and wh.n we get out int.o this area and this vill be the time th. CAP'. coming on the line, . 1905, 1986, or 1987, the probability of reaohing a flood I control level is there is about ninety.five (95'), nin.tY-.i~ I - I i I I I I I iloover Dam well in exce.s of flowa that have occurred in the I , I I In 1977 ve joined w1th the Corp. of Enqin..ra to I I begin A study of the situation with an 8i. toward 8 possible I I reviQlon of the flood control operation plan for ,Hoover Da. i I I I percent. (96t). However, periodic high inflow y.ar. Uk. 1962, 1965, and 1973 can rea.onably b. .xpected to occur prior to the completion of CAP. Inflow. ot this lIIagnlt"e would fill the reservoir. and could require r.l..... from pact fifeeen (15) to twenty (20) year.. based on the new condition.. We have IllOv.4 fo~u4 v1 th . that. .ffort. .ven thouqh wat.r years 1976 and 1977 were periods of SAv.re drougbt during which there was some --' respite in the tillinq of the res.rvoir..