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Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin
Jun 06, 2019
Grand River Dam Authority News Release
For immediate release: 05/31/19
At 1:30 PM on Friday, May 31:
- Grand Lake elevation was 754.20 feet. Daily target elevation for May 31 is 744 feet.
- At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, four (4) main and two (2) east spillway gates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 60,365 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
- Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 14,018 cfs of water through generation.
- Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 74,383 cfs.
- Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 67,168 cfs.
- Lake Hudson elevation was 633.22 feet. Normal elevation is 619 feet.
- At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, three (3) gates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam, discharging 46,036 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
- Four (4) units were online at the Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse, releasing 30,780 cfs of water through generation.
- Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 76,816 cfs.
- Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 75,794 cfs.
Contact: Melanie Earl, GRDA Corporate Communications, mearl@grda.com