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Show Colorado River Runoff Prbspects Wine 28 Per Cent Durinq March The April through July w-mclt runoff forecast the Colorado River Basin is now dropper to G.3 mil-ln mil-ln acre-fcet, down 2.5 mil-n mil-n acre-feet from a month fl. the Bureau of Recla-10n Recla-10n bounced today. The forecast is 74 per-"t per-"t the normal 8.5 mil-fn mil-fn acre-feet runoff for Pni through July and is p-L , miIlior acre-feet fner than the low runoff st year. , ipitation during March nued to be subnormal most o, the Upper ColQ iWatm " aS Wafm tem- atuies aAd dry air eroded (her .,snowPacI to fur- w able water supply this Mrrent td sumner. The tn he is based (recin; til assumPtion that Nation will be normal during the remainder of the spring and early summer. The March storms have favored the northern part of the Basin so that the forecast fore-cast for the April-July period of the inflow to flaming flam-ing Gorge Resivoir has increased in-creased by 110,000 acre-ft. to 1,170,000 acre-feet. Near drought conditions above Navajo Dam on the San Juan River have reduced re-duced the forecast of inflow to Navajo Lake to 49 percent per-cent of normal. The inflow will be about 420,000 acre-feet acre-feet for the April-July period. The April -July forecast for Blue Mesa Reservoir on the Gunnison River in Colo. is for 520.000 acre-feet, or 65 percent of normal. Power generation at the Blue Mesa poverplant should begin in latj June. |
