For immediate release: 5/22/08

Floodwater release bulletin

At 3 PM on Thursday, May 22:

• Grand Lake elevation was 745.14 feet.
  
• Grand Lake flood pool capacity was at 1.25 percent.
  
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, one (1) floodgate was open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 194 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
  
• Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 14,183 cfs of water through generation.
  
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 14,377 cfs.
  
• Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 10,393 cfs.

• Lake Hudson elevation was 620.27 feet.
  
• Lake Hudson flood pool capacity was at 5.27 percent.
  
• No floodgates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam.
  
• Three (3) units were online at Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse releasing 21,330 cfs of water through generation.
  
• Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 15,013 cfs.

The Grand River watershed consists of approximately 12,000 square miles of runoff in parts of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Of that total, over half—7,000 square miles—is uncontrolled runoff, meaning there is no reservoir to control it above the Pensacola Dam. However, the remaining 5,000 square miles of runoff passes through the John Redmond Dam, located near Burlington, Kansas, prior to reaching the Grand River system in Oklahoma.

Finally, with Memorial Day Weekend 2008 just around the corner, the Grand River Dam Authority takes this opportunity to encourage safe boating on GRDA lakes. For information on lake safety, proper life jacket sizing or lake rules visit www.grda.com or contact the GRDA Lake Patrol at (918) 782-9594. Also, copies of the 2008 GRDA Summer Lake Guide are now available. They can be found at many Hudson and Grand Lake area marinas, as well as the GRDA Lake Patrol Office in Langley.