Current Status
Last Updated: June 7, 2024
Aspinall Unit Reservoirs – As of June 6, 2024 (end of day), releases from Crystal Dam are approximately 4,700 cfs and is continuing to ramp down. Flows of the Gunnison River in the Black Canyon are being ramp down while the Gunnison Tunnel is diverting about 1050 cfs. Flows in the Whitewater Reach of the Gunnison River are about 6,680 cfs and is decreasing.
The unregulated inflow volume in May to Blue Mesa was 155,000 af (77 percent of average). Unregulated inflow volumes forecasted for Blue Mesa for the next three months (June, July and August) are projected to be: 293,000 af (117 percent of average), 95,000 af (88 percent of average), and 55,000 af (96 percent of average), respectively.
The forecasted 2024 water year unregulated inflow volume to Blue Mesa is projected to be 878,000 af (99 percent of average). The water supply period (April-July) for 2024 is forecasted currently for an unregulated inflow volume of to be 625,000 af of unregulated inflow (98 percent of average).
The Aspinall Unit Operations Group is an open public forum for information exchange between Reclamation and the stakeholders of the Aspinall Unit. The public is encouraged to attend and comments on the operations and plans presented by Reclamation at these meetings. Meeting notes from past working Group meetings are posted on the Operations Group webpage. For more information on this group and these meetings please contact Erik Knight in the Grand Junction Area Office at (970) 248-0629.
The next Operations Group meeting will be held in August 2024 at a date TBD in Gunnison, Colorado (tentative). Details on the meeting will be provided as we get closer to the meeting date. This will be an in-person meeting with an option for remote participation. Contact Erik Knight in the Grand Junction Area Office at (970) 248-0629 to get more information regarding this Operation Group meeting.
Update 5/9/2024 - Nathaniel Todea
To view the most current reservoir elevation, content, inflow and release, click on: Blue Mesa Reservoir Data or Crystal Reservoir Data.
