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== SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS == | == SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS == | ||
| + | *[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/16oct18/Attach_07.pdf Fall 2016 HFE Planning] | ||
== COMPLIANCE == | == COMPLIANCE == | ||
Revision as of 16:13, 21 October 2016
SUMMARY
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- Sediment in the system: 962,000 metric tons
- Peak CFS: 35,100 cfs
- Powerplant capacity = 20,100 cfs
- Units available: 6
- Bypass tube capacity = 15,000 cfs
- Estimated acre feet of water bypassed during HFE: 125 kaf
- November volume = 745 kaf
- Hourly Releases before and after HFE: fluctuate between 6,000 to 9,000 cfs
- Estimated costs to hydropower: $1.4 million
- Actual costs to hydropower: TBD
- Direct expenses for removal of concession assets: TBD
- Start Upramp: Nov 7, 2016
- Finish HFE: Nov 11, 2016
- Total HFE duration: 96 hrs
- HFE 2016 represents the 4th controlled high flow release conducted under the HFE Protocol.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
COMPLIANCE
CONCERNS
- Angler's concerns regarding a Fall 2016 High flow experiment
- Re-emergence of green sunfish in the -12 Mile Slough
- Increase in brown trout spawning and the increased prevalence of adult brown trout in the Lees Ferry reach since the beginning of the HFE Protocol
SEDIMENT
ADDITIONAL
