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Show STATISTICAL DATA FOR PRINCIPAL RESERVOIRS IN COLORADO RIVER BASIN (Units: Elevation - feet; capacity - 1,000 acre-feet) UPPER BASIN Colorado River Storage Project (Total Surface Capacity) Flaming Gorge Navajo Lake Powell Blue Mesa Elev. Cap. Elev. Cap. Elev. Cap. Elev. Cap. River elevation at dam (average tailwater) Dead Storage Inactive Storage (minimum power pool) Rated Head 5,603 0 5,720 0 3,138 0 7,160 0 5,740 40 5,882.5 175 3,370 1,998 7,358 111 5,871 273 ^,990 673 3,490 6,124 7,393 192 5,946 1,102 - - 3,570 11,426 7,438 361 Maximum Storage (without surcharge) 6,040 3,789 6,085 1,709 3,700 27,000 7,519 941 'Required for Navajo Indian Irrigation Project LOWER BASIN (Usable Surface Capacity) Lake Mead Lake Mohave Lake Havasu Elev. Capacity Elev. Capacity Elev. Capacity River elevation at dam (average tailwater) 646 (-2,620) 506 (-8.5) 370 (-28.6) Dead Storage 895 0 533.39 0 400 0 inactive Storage (minimum power pool) 1,050 7,974 570 217.5 1440 439.4 Rated Head 1,122.8 14,500 Maximum Storage (without surcharge) 1,221.4 27,207 647 1,809.8 450 619.4 Contractual minimum for delivery to Metropolitan Water District's Colorado River Aqueduct. 24 |
