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<br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />355 South fouTlh fa.s trt:~t <br />~ <br />Salt La~l: Cuy, Utah 841 II~ <br /> <br />R!C!IVED <br /> <br />m 1 2 '90 <br />OOW'~VWATEf.l. <br />~TION <br />~ <br /> <br />UPPER <br /> <br />February 8, 1990 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Advisers <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Clint Stevens, Chief Engineer ~ ~ <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Content of Colorado River Storage Project Reservoirs, Forecast, <br />Streamflow, and Power Generation. <br /> <br />On January 31, 1990 conditions at the operating Storage Units were as <br />follows: <br /> <br /> Reservoir Change Live Storage Percent of <br />Storage W.S. Elev. Live Content in Content Capac ity Live Storage <br />Reservoir (feet) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) (1000 a.f.) Capacity <br />Fontenelle 6,473.94 135.8 36.1 345 39.47- <br />Flaming Gorge 6,019.00 2,941.6 2.8 3,749 78.57- <br />Blue Mesa 7,488.25 567.5 + 4.1 830 68.47- <br />Navajo 6,048.75 1,207.4 23.5 1,696 71.27- <br />Lake Powell 3,655.60 18,513.5 - 379.0 25,000 74.17- <br />UPPER BASIN TOTAL 23,365.3 - 437.3 31,620 73.97- <br />Lake Mead 1,191.00 21,635.8 + 167.0 26,159 82.7% <br /> <br /> <br />Jul 1 990 Colorado River <br />~ I a-I- Fe~ 1- <br /> <br />Runoff Forecast <br /> <br />Reservoir <br />Fontenelle <br />Flaming Gorge <br />Blue Mesa <br />Navajo <br />Lake Powell <br /> <br />April-July <br />Projected Inflow <br />(acre-feet) <br />600,000 <br />850,000 . <br />500,000 <br />350,000_ <br />4,200,000 <br /> <br />Percent <br />1961-1985 AveraRe <br />68% <br />67% <br />727- <br />46% <br />52% <br />