Local Motion: From the Black Canyon to Redlands Mesa, the cost of a record-low Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa Reservoir(Stefanie Sere / Rocky Mountain Community Radio (KLZR) )
The largest reservoir in Colorado, Blue Mesa, is holding just over 240,000 acre-feet — "roughly about a third of the volume that we would typically expect to see in the reservoir in this time of year," says Caleb Foy, senior water resources engineer at the Colorado River District. April-through-July inflow, 151,000 acre-feet, is the lowest unregulated inflow on record.
This time of year, Blue Mesa is operated to maintain a minimum flow at the Whitewater gauge, far downstream, just above where the Gunnison joins the…
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