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Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin

Aug 14, 2019

Grand River Dam Authority News Release
For immediate release: 08/13/19

At 1 PM on Tuesday, August 13:
• Grand Lake elevation was 746.21 feet. Daily target elevation for August 13 is 743.14 feet.
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, seven (7) east spillway gates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 12,326 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
• Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 12,818 cfs of water through generation.
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 25,144 cfs.
• Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 23,969 cfs.

• Lake Hudson elevation was 620.16 feet. Normal elevation is 619 feet.
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, one (1) gate was open at Robert S. Kerr Dam, discharging 235 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
• Four (4) units were online at the Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse, releasing 19,440 cfs of water through generation.
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 19,675 cfs.
• Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 25,585 cfs.

Contact: Melanie Earl
GRDA Corporate Communications
[email protected]
www.grda.com

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