Show Navajo Darn Daul Water Storage Begins Sunday The first storage of water in the giant Upper Colorado River storage project was an- an announced pounced Sunday The Reclamation Bureau said storage is under way in inthe inthe the Navajo Dam Reservoir along the San Juan River in New Mexico Navajo is one of the dollar billion-dollar series of power and irrigation dams comprised in the Upper Colo- Colo Colorado rado rad River storage project The Navajo outlet tunnel has been dosed closed and water is being impounded although the dam itself will not be completed until late July or early carly August Storage at Flaming Gorge Dam is scheduled to gin begin next November and at Glen Canyon Dam early next year ear Navajo will be the second largest earth dam built by Reclamation Bureau engine engine- engineers ers era It will wUl stand 40 stories high stretch feet across a canyon and contain cubic yards of compacted earth and rock When filled the reservoir will wUl l e 35 miles long with storage capacity ot of feet acre |