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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) River elevation at dam (average tailwater) Dead Storage Inactive Storage (minimum power pool) 5,871 Rated Head Maximum Storage (without surcharge) 6,040 3,789 6,085 1Required for Navajo Indian Irrigation Project Flaming Gorge Navajo Lake Powell Elev. Capacity Elev. Capacity Elev. Capacity 5,603 0 5,720 0 3,138 0 5,740 40 5,882.5 175 3,370 1,998 5,871 273 15,990 673 3,490 6,124 5,946 1,102 __ __ 3,570 11,426 1,709 3,700 27,000 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 iContractual minimum for delivery to Metropolitan Water District's Colorado River Aqueduct. 24 |