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<br />, <br />" <br />., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />~,wr.r' <br />MAY 1 4 '90 <br /> <br />/' <br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO <br /> <br />co~o ,,,,,,T[':", <br />~~.'mOF> <br />fjr)p.1'lO <br />RIVER COMMISSIO <br /> <br />OIR <br />SC <br />ASC <br />F <br />I <br />L <br />E <br /> <br /> <br />.', <br /> <br />355 South FOUTth Ec1sl SrTt'(:t <br />S.le lAIt. GiIY, Ulah 84111 <br /> <br />May 10, 1990 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />'f0: upper Colorado River COlJllllissioners and Advisers <br /> <br />FROM: Clint Stevens, Chief Engineer ~;V <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Content of Selected Colorado River Basin Reservoirs, Forecast, <br />Streamflow, and Power Generation. <br /> <br />On April 30, 1990 conditions at the selected reservoirs were as follows: <br /> <br /> Reservoir Change Live Storage Percent of <br />Storage W.S. Elev. Live Content in Content Capacity Live Storage <br />Reservoir (feet) (1000 a. f. ) (1000 a. f. ) (1000 a. f. ) Capacity <br />Fontenelle 6,469.45 115.9 + 11.1 345 33.6% <br />Flaming Gorge 6,020.62 2,998.7 + 30.8 ~3,749 80.0% <br />Blue Mesa 7,485.00 542.8 32.8 . 830 65.4% <br />- Navajo 6,048.24 1,201.5 + 22.2 1.696 70.8% <br />Lake Powell . 3,649.51 17,725.0 - 194.6 25.000 70.9% <br />UPPER BASIN TOTAL . . . 22,583.9 163.3 31.620 71.4% <br />Lake Mead 1,186.89 21,067.81 -367.8 26,159 80.5% <br /> <br />May 1, 1990 Colorado River 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 />520.000 <br />620,000 <br />415,000 <br />275,000 <br />3,000,000 <br /> <br />- Percent <br />1961-1985 Averalle <br />59% <br />49% <br />607. <br />367. . <br />37% <br />