Flow changes

[Phil Lilley]

From the Corps

ALL.

Due to installation of unit # 4 head gate over the next couple days, we will be making daily changes to discharges from the Dam. The change is due to the requirement for diving operations to install the gate into the gate slot.

When units 2 and 3 go offline this afternoon (1600) Table Rock power plant will close gates 1 through 5 and open gates 6 through 10 to 3' each (5 gates at 3-feet). The spillway release for this setting will be approximately 16,800 cfs and the overall release (one unit + spillway) will be approximately 20,200 cfs. 

When the units come back online (currently scheduled as tomorrow morning, 3/31, at 0800) plant staff will return the spillway gates to their current setting (all 10 gates at 1'). The spillway release for this setting will be approximately 11,600 cfs, for a total release (3 units + spillway) of approximately 21,600 cfs.

According to the outage schedule, this operation will be repeated from 1600 on 3/31 to 0800 on 4/1. 

/r

Steve

Steven A. Hernandez
SWL-Hydroelectric Power 
Operations Manager

[vonreed]

I fished yesterday evening and was really surprised by how dirty the water was! There was even small trees coming through the gates.

[Ryan Miloshewski]

Taneycomo turned to chocolate milk soon after. I could watch the dirty water, as it came down, from Short Creek to the bend before the resort from Steve's place and it was wild. It looks ok this morning. But I swear it looked like the Mississippi River yesterday evening.