Rain

[jflyntok]

I am planning a trip down to taney a week from today. I was noticing right now that the Branson area is getting a lot of rainfall. How long does it take for the river to "clear" after a lot of rain has fallen? Also when table rock is full do they tend to let water "run" all the time or do they try to stick with a generation schedule?

Thanks for the information.

[Phil Lilley]

No problem. Some rain today but they are running water almost every afternoon and washing whatever runoff out.

[Terry Beeson]

Hmmmm... it's probably easier to tell you how nuclear fission works...

TRD has a flood pool of 931 ft above sea level. Top power pool is 915 and bottom power pool is 881. So, with that in mind, here's what you might expect. If there has been a lot of rain, they will try to keep TRL around 915-916 ft. If it is above that, or if there is a demand for power, they will generate. If it is below the 915, they probably will not unless there is that demand for power. So it really is hard to predict sometimes. It depends on a lot of factors.

Since the water from the dam is coming off the "bottom" of TRL, it takes little or no time for the water to "clear" once they shut off the units. You will see a bit of color due to the high water especially if they have been running 3-4 units heavy and then drop to zero. But that clears pretty doggone quickly.

As for the schedule, my "experience" is that TRD is the second most "predictable" to the schedule. Beaver seems to go pretty much by the schedule. BSD is the hardest to go by followed by Norfork and Greer's Ferry.

The best advice is to look at the schedule, then look at the current generation chart/data, then call the number for the most current readings.

You could do like some of us and just sit in the parking lot and call the info number every 15 minutes...

[jflyntok]

Thanks a bunch guys. I am really looking forward to our trip. We try to go once or twice a year and we love it. Absolutely my favoritce place to fish.