Western Colorado Area Office

Project Notices

Aspinall Unit
Crystal Reservoir Releases - Revised
December 14, 2009

The Bureau of Reclamation will be decreasing the release from Crystal Reservoir by 100 cubic feet per second (cfs) from 900 cfs to 800 cfs on Monday, December 14 at 8:00 p.m. Releases are being decreased as inflows to Blue Mesa have been less than initially forecast during these early winter months. The final release rate of 800 cfs at Crystal Reservoir will be maintained until further notice.

As of today the Gunnison Tunnel is diverting no water (except for the bimonthly diversion to refill Fairview Reservoir) and flows in the Gunnison River through the Black Canyon are around 900 cfs. After the change on Monday, Gunnison Tunnel diversions will still be zero and flows in the Black Canyon should be around 800 cfs. Current flow information is obtained from provisional data that may undergo revision subsequent to review.

This scheduled release change is subject to changes in river flows and weather conditions.

For questions or concerns regarding these operations contact:

Erik Knight at (970) 248-0629 or e-mail at eknight@usbr.gov
Dan Crabtree at (970) 248-0652 or e-mail at dcrabtree@usbr.gov