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Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin

Mar 20, 2020

At 1PM on Friday, March 20:

• Grand Lake elevation was 747.46 feet.
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, four (4) main spillway gates and five (5) east spillway gates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 52,990 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
• Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,415 cfs of water through generation.
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 66,405 cfs.
• Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 88,934 cfs.

• Lake Hudson elevation was 627.95 feet.
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, four (4) gates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam, discharging 67,500 cfs of water.
• Four (4) units were online at the Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse releasing 30,510 cfs  of water.
• Releases through generation and floodgates totaled 98,010 cfs.
• Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 94,391 cfs.

Additional information can be found by visiting: http://stormops.grda.tech/riveroperations

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