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Glen Canyon Dam during initial filling in 1963

Glen Canyon Dam during initial filling in 1963

Dam Operations

The Bureau of Reclamtion has 5,000 employees who help maintain 475 dams and 337 reservoirs in the 17 Western states. This includes the maintenance of 53 hydroelectric power plants. List of dams in Colorado River Basin. Wikipedia.

See also the following sections:

DAMS AND VALUES

DAM AND FLOODPLAIN SAFETY

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION WEB PAGES

24-MONTH REPORTS (present and projected reservoir conditions)

ANNUAL OPERATING PLANS (AOP)
Bureau of Reclamation

1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024; 2025; 2026;

AOPs modified - Lake Powell and Lake Mead operations only; Year 2000 to 2024; A ZIP FILE.

AOP: 30-year averages of unregulated flow into Lake Powell

  • 1961 to 1990 - 11.8 million acre-feet (maf)
  • 1971 to 2000 - 12.06 million acre-feet (maf) (2008 AOP)
  • 1971 to 2000 - 12.04 maf (revised in 2010 AOP)
  • 1981 to 2010 - 10.83 maf (2013 AOP)
  • 1991 to 2020 - 9.6 maf (24-month Report)

AOP CONSULTATION WORK GROUP MEETINGS

ANNUAL REPORTS: FLAMING GORGE DAM

NATURAL FLOW DATA

CONSUMPTIVE USES AND LOSSES REPORTS

Colorado River System (both basins)
1971-1975; 1976-1980; 1981-1985; 1986-1990; 1991-1995; 1996-2000; 2001 - 2005;

Pending reports (both basins): 2006 -2010; 2011 - 2015; 2016 - 2020.

Upper Basin Only
2006 -2010; 2011 - 2015; 2016 - 2020;

Other Consumptive Use/loss Reports

LOWER BASIN CONSUMPTIVE USE REPORTS; Reclamation Archive

OPERATING CRITERIA
Click here to read article about the history of operations at Glen Canyon Dam.

Click here to determine your own analysis of what the Colorado River system of reservoirs will look like in a future.

NAVAJO DAM & SAN JUAN RIVER SHORTAGE SHARING AGREEMENT

DAM REMOVAL

DAM STUDIES

Western Region

Glen Canyon Dam (fact sheet)

Hoover Dam

UPPER BASIN WATER OPERATIONS

Lake Powell Reports cache: 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013;

LOWER BASIN WATER OPERATIONS


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