Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted April 4, 2022 Root Admin Posted April 4, 2022 From the Corps- At 1030 this morning, we will open Table Rock spillway gates 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 to 1 foot each due to hydropower unit outages. Along with spillway gate 4 that is already open, the final setting will be 8 gates at 1 foot. The spillway release will be approximately 7,900 cfs, and the combined release with hydropower will be approximately 14,500 cfs. dpitt and Seth 2
Members Todtenhausen Posted April 4, 2022 Members Posted April 4, 2022 When they open this many gates, do they change day to day or does it generally last for weeks at a time?
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted April 4, 2022 Author Root Admin Posted April 4, 2022 Man I don’t know. Uncharted territory. Never had 2 turbines down at the same time. I haven’t looked at rain totals today. I’m assuming NW Arkansas got more rain that we did, thus more release. dpitt 1
Quillback Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 Wonder why they release so much water if turbines are down?
netboy Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Quillback said: Wonder why they release so much water if turbines are down? Just a guess, but they may be trying to lower the lake levels before April 15. That is when the agreement with the farmers downstream kicks in. The Newport gauge is currently at 22 feet. Bull Shoals is running all 8 generators today (21k cfs).
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted April 4, 2022 Author Root Admin Posted April 4, 2022 23 minutes ago, netboy said: Just a guess, but they may be trying to lower the lake levels before April 15. That is when the agreement with the farmers downstream kicks in. The Newport gauge is currently at 22 feet. Bull Shoals is running all 8 generators today (21k cfs). That's probably it. TR is cresting at 916.5. Beaver is about 2 feet high now but they aren't running anything. Yet. Run baby run.
Devan S. Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, Phil Lilley said: That's probably it. TR is cresting at 916.5. Beaver is about 2 feet high now but they aren't running anything. Yet. Run baby run. Beaver bumped up this morning about the time they bumped Table Rock up.
Quillback Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 I guess what is making me wonder, is they say they are doing this for "hydropower unit outages". If they are running water to get it out of here, then why not just state that? It's not making me mad, I'm glad to see it.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted April 7, 2022 Author Root Admin Posted April 7, 2022 At 1100 this morning, we will be closing all spillway gates at Table Rock Dam.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted April 7, 2022 Author Root Admin Posted April 7, 2022 I'm catching at least one brown trout each time I go out now. All very oversized trout, thick and strong. Quillback, netboy, Nick Adams and 8 others 11
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