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Show 1 2 Vermil Expre Friday, February 10, 1984 . j ' i Dry spell means sDo weir reservoir coischcara e UTAH I j. - . . . . . .V .TJT ... '.y. L.nr...:.i .aii 5 . !-I woobujff 1 UTAH Dry weather through most of January is causing the National Weather Service to scale back its spring runoff predictions and makes less likely the Bureau of Reclamation's Reclama-tion's plans to bypass the Glen Canyon Powerplant, Reclamation's Upper Colorado Regional Director Clifford Barrett announced this week. The Feb. 1 forecast for the period April 1 through July 31, 1984, is down 600,000 acre-feet to 12.4 million acre-feet, acre-feet, or about 163 percent of the normal nor-mal amount flowing into the Colorado River Basin at Lake Powell, located on the Utah-Arizona border. This contrasts con-trasts with the Jan. 1 forecast by Weather Service's Colorado Basin River Forecast Office, which predicted a runoff 173 percent of normal, nor-mal, with a total runoff volume above Lake Powell of 13 million acre-feet. Reclamation will continue to release water through the Glen Canyon Powerplant at a constant 25,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) through the end of March as previously planned. Only seven of the eight generators are operating because one is being uprated, a process that will result in its producing more power. In April, Reclamation will have its uprated generator back on line, which will allow a constant 28,000 cfs release through the powerplant through July 1984. "By releasing at a constant 28,000 cfs level from April through July, bypasses of the powerplant through the outlet tubes or the spillways should not be necessary to maintain Lake Powell's water surface at or below elevation 3,700 feet. This means that we will not waste any water because all that is released will be used to Open Daily 9-9 Sunday 10-6 2 a cE SimWWik lake: ''".y A''.-'- If 1 "SECRET So tiny yu and yur ca d f riends wiN hardly know bAK that it is there. Ii'm Wearing"N ( a hearing aid. ) So am I. I I am wearing "Stent Ear". m XL & SECRET EAR" Can Now Be Your Secret! HEARING AID SERVICE CENTER Paul R. Littlefield, a Utah State Licensed Hearing Aid Specialist with 22 years experiance in the hearing correction field, will be in attendance to check your present aid, make hearing tests and assist you with your hearing problems. He will also be demonstrating the new SECRET EAR. Come in and see what modern technology is doing for you. Monday, Feb. 13, 1984 Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1984 Vernal, Econo Lodge Roosevelt, Best Western Inn 789-2000 722-4644 1 :00 PM til 7:00 PM Noon til 6:00 PM Batteries and service available on all makes of hearing aids. If you are not able to come in, please call for a home appointment. SERVING THE BASIN AREA REGULARLY FOR 30 YEARS. IF YOU ARE NOT BUYING HEARING AIDS FROM US, war unii ruAiu n Dt iluSiiilit SINCE 1048 iknninw niarw X . i salt lake city uuMAV COME IN OR PHONE 3592241 CattBroMtwiy 5SMSStK PROVO OGDEN LOGAN SI 57 generate hydroelectric power," Barrett Bar-rett said. The February forecast for Flaming Gorge, on the Utah-Wyoming border, is 1.7 million acre-feet, or about 147 percent of normal. This is a decrease of 235,000 acre-feet from the January forecast. The operation of Flaming Gorge also will continue as planned. The reservoir will have been lowered about 24 feet by April in preparation for the runoff. Releases from Flaming Gorge will be near 4,000 cfs through May 1984. If the forecast on May 1 remains near 150 percent of normal, then a bypass of the powerplant of about 1,000 cfs would be required. Flaming Gorge Reservoir will be allowed to rise to an elevation of 6,035 feet 5 feet below its normal maximum elevation. The forecast for Blue Mesa also dropped from 173 percent of normal to about 160 percent in February. Reclamation's plan of operation initially in-itially called for a 600 cfs bypass at Crystal Dam in early January, which amounted to a total release from the three dams of the Wayne N. Aspinall Storage Unit (Blue Mesa, Morrow Point and Crystal) in west-central Colorado Col-orado of about 2,300 cfs. Reclamation has decided to increase the release from Crystal by about 300 cfs bringing the total release from Blue Mesa to about 2,600 cfs. Blue Mesa Reservoir will be filled no higher than 7,514 feet, 5 feet below its normal peak. The forecast for Navajo Reservoir, located in northwestern New Mexico, has dropped slightly from 150 percent to 140 percent of normal. Releases were increased to 2,500 cfs on February, but are expected to be reduced later in the spring if the forecast remains the same. The reservoir reser-voir will be filled to its maximum of 6,085 feet. Fontenelle Reservoir, located on the Green River in southwestern Wyoming, Wyom-ing, is expected to have inflows 120 percent of normal, which is only one percentage point down from January's forecast. The Weather Service's February update indicates a total runoff volume of 1.05 million acre-feet, down from the 1.1 million acre-feet predicted in January. Reclamation plans to draw down the reservoir no lower than 6,475 feet elevation, which is the minimum at which the powerplant can operate. The reservoir will be allowed to rise to 6,482 feet during peak runoff. Releases . are expected to be kept at the 10,000 cfs level, which is 3,000 cfs below the safe channel capacity. For reservoir level updates in the Bureau of Reclamation's Upper Colorado Col-orado Region (Utah, western Colorado, Col-orado, southwestern Wyoming, northern nor-thern Arizona, and northwestern New Mexico), call toll free 1-80024-1094 for Utah residents, or 1-800-624-5099 for non-Utah residents. Water supply outlook The water supply outlook for eastern Utah this year remains high despite below normal precipitation for January, according to the Feb. 1 : NOAA-National Weather Service report. February 1 forecasts dropped 10 to 30 percent and now range from 117 percent per-cent in Lake Fork basin to greater than 200 percent for drainages of the eastern slopes of the Wasatch Mountains. Moun-tains. Flood potential still remains high for this spring. January precipitation totals averaged averag-ed under 40 percent. Seasonally (October (Oc-tober through January) , eastern Utah is well above normal 120 to 160 percent of normal. Snow surveys in Feb. 1 indicate above normal snowpacks, with only small increases since Jan. 1. Some basin averages are: Strawberry 149 percent, Duchesne 131 percent, Price 159 percent, Huntington 183 percent and San Rafael 192 percent. Flows fell considerably during January; however, Green River at Green River, Utah still broke the January record. The volume during January was 175,100 acre-feet, 151 percent. per-cent. Whiterocks near Whiterocks, Utah had 2,100 acre-feet, 163 percent. October through January flow on the Green River at Green River, Utah was 1.085 million acre-feet, 224 percent of the 1961-80 average. Feb. 1, 1984 storage in Flaming Gorge Reservoir is 3.31 million acre-feet, acre-feet, 140 percent of average and 88 percent per-cent of capacity. Lake Powella end-of-month storage is 22.0 million acre-feet, 88 percent of capacity. The April-July inflow forecast to Lake Powell is 12.4 million acre-feet, 166 percent of average. Sale Ends Monday, February 13 e ' . The Saving Place m u $ mi i tm wi i 1 (5)(o) l1.07t Ifc fcfiva I OurPPO It? II Z1 V J f -rnVOV Sale U U VS Box Price Candy In Heart Box Pretty heart-shaped box filled with salon chocolates. 1-lb tasty treats for a loved one. 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