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<br />UPPER BASIN RESERVOIRS <br /> <br />FONTENELLE RESERVOIR <br />(GREEN RIVER) <br /> <br />Water Year 1994 <br /> <br />Fontenelle Reservoir began water year 1994 with an <br />elevation of 1981.7 meters (6501.8 feet) with 385 million <br />cubic meters (312,000 acre-feet) of live storage (90 percent <br />of capacity). <br /> <br />The Upper Green River Basin continued to be the driest <br />portion of the Colorado River Basin. The April through July <br />runoff into the reservoir during water year 1994 was only 512 <br />million cubic meters (415,000 million acre-feel) or 49 percent <br />o[ the long-term average. As. result of restrained releases <br />during most of 1994, Fontenelle Reservoir reached 80 <br />percent of capacity in July, in spite of low inflows. <br /> <br />ACTlJAL RELEASES 1894 <br /> <br />--- <br />.... <br /> <br />- ..",..... <br />u. <br /> <br />....... -... ..... <br /> ..... '- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />2g <br /> <br />200 <br /> <br />'12 <br /> <br />'00 <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />o 0 <br />iI";;'tI'.;.;.;.,""''' <br /> <br /> <br />Releases of up to 50 cubic meters per second (1,713 cubic <br />feel per second) were released in 1994. Peak inflow into <br />FonteneUe Reservoir was 155 cubic meters per second (5,460 <br />cubic feet per second) on May 16, 1994. Approximately 19 <br />million cubic meters (23,242 acre-feet) of water bypassed the <br />turbines in water year 1994. <br /> <br />FONreNELLE RESERVOIR <br /> <br />keseIYOir <br /> <br />Storage Capacity <br />Normal Pool EJeYBtion <br />Minimum Power Pool <br />Surface Area, full <br />Rese[YOir Length, full <br /> <br />426 million cl,lbic meters (345,000 acre-feet) <br />1982.9 meters (6S06.0 feet) <br />1970.0 meters (6463.5 feet) <br />3,260 he<ta.... (8,OSlI acres) <br />29 kilometers (18 miles) <br /> <br />Powerolant <br /> <br />Number of Unill <br />Total Capacity <br /> <br />1 <br />10.000 KW <br /> <br />5 <br />