Show Colorado River Runoff Lower Lover Runoff from the Colorado RI Ri- Ri River ver i forecast at acre acre- feet for the April through July period according to the Bureau of Reclamation WITH AN April through July runoff of feet acre a month 12 water year runoff fore fore- forecast cast of feet acre would be expected The water year extends from October 1965 through September 1966 The foot acre water year runoff would be about two two- thirds of the longtime average of feet acre for the years 1906 through 1965 The unusually low April through July forecast of feet acre results from January through April precipitation which tallied only 45 percent of normal THE ORIGIN of the feet acre of April through July is as follows feet acre from the Green River drainage above Flaming Gorge Dam feet acre from the San Juan River drainage above Navajo Dam feet acre from the Gunnison River drain drain- drainage age above Blue Mesa Dam and the remainder largely from areas tributary to the Colorado River proper |