Spill Gates Open at TR Dam

[Phil Lilley]

Yep you heard right.  Flood gates in September.  2 of 4 units are off line and they have to run 15,000 cfs because of the water influx due to rain.  Quick facts - WT. over gates is about 70 and DO is 6.9 ppm.  through the turbines best I can tell  it's 58 and DO is as low as 2.7.  Well, the Corp thinks that running 2 units and 3 gates that they don't have to inject liquid O2 into the turbines.  Risky.  But so far fishing is pretty good, no ill affects.

[MickinMO]

I mean, it's up to 917 not 927. This seems a little unnecessary considering PP is 917, even if they want to dump Beaver a bit.

[Phil Lilley]

I would agree. But they don’t go by Lake levels necessarily they go by rain on the ground. I guess they have a way to estimate how much water is in the watershed and what releases need to happen. They are going to decrease the water coming over the spill gates at 4 o’clock today.

[Travis Swift]

Quick little shot of shad over the top is awfully nice for the fishery.  

[Quillback]

Looks like they opened the spillway at Beaver a bit, plus generation.