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Show Colorado River Snowmeli Runoff " B5 Per Cent of No rma! in 1968 I jinowmelf runoff in tho (V ,,,sm 1111,111 ; period AV"'1' through .ln- ST(VV .vrt1 (Vet, or about (j p-r ivnf of the Ions' term lvrsiie for this period, tho p.irfau of Reclamation an-i'ved an-i'ved for tho entire wa t year (October 1, lw;. to utrntor SV isW the run-; run-; .jh.u(if reach 10 S million jKiv-foet. which is also !l" of normal. I Lake powvlfs water snr is now at an all-timi' j St fitvtir 355i foot ele-Ooft ele-Ooft with a surface stoi-. i ..5vViW acre-feet. lake is expected to re-f-Ain near this lewt until f jpfinil runoff starts m t . v , - l'.i Tho release for water year HV.;! will ht. anHll ,( million aero looi, For t). next imr years thereafter :ihotu :;r. million acre loot must h,. released in order to deliver 7r milium acre foot to tho l.owor Basin jn n, '":;;! 1"V2 decade. Power loads slnuiht ho adequate to unlt.-o these lar;:or releases durine, tho next four years I'lie level of Flaming c.ov-v Reservoir, on the Croon K, vor. has receded from s -i seasonal high at elevation SM feet wuh a eontont of 2.;'o4,iHU aero feet. It slionKl oommie to recede to elevation eleva-tion 5;72 by the end of March Fontenelle Reservoir, on the upper pari of Ihe Creoiv River in Wyoming, was filled fill-ed for the first time simv oompleiiiiii of Ihe repair work on the dam. In I'ulure yours Ihe reservoir will normally fill each sprint',, elevation lr'ti. and ho drawn down to elevation ('.lilf. feet lale each winter. Within litis type of fluctuation, all purposes of the project will he served ami minimum amounts of water will bypass ihe power plant. Navajo Reservoir, on tin; San Juan River, is now m about elevation (iiillil feet with a content of about 1,-WD.i'Ol) 1,-WD.i'Ol) acre feet, and should remain near this level thru September. I .i. . r : .. . - i .wool; me tiiiuiiison itiver in Western Colorado, Mor-low Mor-low Point Reservoir should reach its maximum water surface elevation at 7 Hill feet by the end of September. Its inflow is largely controlled by the larger Blue Mesa Reservoir, Re-servoir, which now has 7.1.'!.-000 7.1.'!.-000 acre-feet of storage with a water surface elevation of 7-1'.).") feet. After Labor Hay. Rlue Mesa Reservoir should recede to about elevation 7-i::ii with a content of 351,000 acre feet by the end of March 1'.).' Lake Mead is at elevation 3 KIT feet above mean sea level or about 8 feet higher than a year aito. It contains 15.1 million acre-feet of available av-ailable storage or 58 per cent of its capacity. The' reser-Voir reser-Voir level is now 81 feet below be-low the top of the raised spillway gates, at Hoover Dam. The lake is expected to remain near this level through September and then rise slowly another foot by the end of December. |
