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Show Lack of Rain Drops Area Streamflows Bureau of Reclamation of- ficials this week released rs- ports of river 'flow in the Co- - lorado River Basin and irdi- cated thai because of a lack of precipitation, streamfkuvs which are not augmented by reservoir releases will contin- . ' tie to recede. The flow in Westwater Canyon Can-yon on the Colorado above . Moab is presently about 3000 c.f.s. and that flow will pro-bably pro-bably reduce a little in the . next few weeks, the advisory states. In Cataract Canyon, below the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers, the flows are about 5000 c.f.s. The flow of the Green River Ri-ver is being augmented by releases - of 2400 c.f.s. from Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The Green River, at Gieen River, Utah is presently flowing at about 3000 c.f.s. Lake Powell is down 4 feet from its high elevation of 3,622. It is expected to lower another 7 feet this fall and winter. Flaming Gorge Reservoir Res-ervoir is at elevation 6,022 feet 'which is slightly lower ' than its highest elevation which occurred on August "6, 1971. It will recede about 9 feet next winter. |