Western Colorado Area Office

Project Notices

Navajo Unit
Navajo Reservoir Releases
October 6, 2008

The Bureau of Reclamation will be decreasing the release from Navajo Reservoir to 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) on Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. Releases are made for the authorized purposes of the Navajo Unit, and to attempt to maintain a target base flow through the endangered fish critical habitat reach of the San Juan River (Farmington to Lake Powell).

The San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program recommends a target base flow of 500 to 1,000 cfs through the critical habitat area. The target base flow is calculated as the weekly average of gaged flows throughout the critical habitat area, therefore daily flows of less than 500 cfs may occur at some gages.

This scheduled release change is subject to changes in river flows and weather conditions. If you have any questions, please contact Pat Page at (970) 385-6560 or e-mail him at ppage@uc.usbr.gov.