GCDAMP- HFE 2013
From Glen Canyon Dam AMP
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- HFE DETAILS -SUMMARY:
- Sediment in the system: 1.5 Million metric tons
- Starts on Monday, November 11th and ends November 16th
- Estimated costs to WAPA Hydropower: $1.74 million
- Estimated acre feet of water bypassed during HFE: approx. 129,000 af
- Hourly Releases before and after HFE: fluctuate between 5,000 to 8,000 cfs
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
- 131025 Final HFE Memo to Larry Walkoviak 10-25-13 with attachment
- 131022 Fall 2013 HFE Protocol Decision Process
- 131022 2013 HFE Locations and dates of hydrograph routing
- 131022 System Overview to Basin States- USGS Schmidt
- 131022 USGS Science Overview- Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology to Basin States- SVanderkooi
COMPLIANCE
- A 30-day letter was sent notifying MOA signatories of a possible HFE in November 2013.
- DOI consultation meeting with the Basin States_ October 22, 2013.
- Government to Government tribal consultation: Pueblo of Zuni_ September 10, 2013.
- Government to Government tribal consultation: Navajo Nation_ September 11, 2013.
CONCERNS
- Pueblo of Zuni: concern that multiple HFE's under the HFE protocol could result in power cost increases for individual rate payers.
TBD
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