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<br />..~ -~ ----- <br />. printer and the final report is due out soon. The Executive Review <br />Committee is meeting (negotiating) at present, trying to come up with <br />an uncompromising compromise. Great pressure is being exerted by the <br />trout fishing/river rafting folks for a higher minimum flow. A recent <br />WAPA publication estimated a $5 million loss in power revenues if the <br />operation were changed to a 5,000 cfs year-round minimum flow. We <br />will st~y in touch (immediately) with the work group as decisions and <br />impacts become clearer. <br /> <br />HOOVER <br /> <br />Hoover releases for February are scheduled to meet the flood control <br />requirement of 13,600 cfs. We are comfortable with this release level <br />which will provide for a smooth transition to downstream requirements <br />in March. We are attempting to store as much of this excess flow as <br />possible in Lakes Mohave and Havasu. Releases from Parker Dam are <br />approximately 2,200 cfs above downstream requirements. Releases will <br />average 10,300 cfs from Davis, and 8,700 cfs from Parker. <br /> <br />AS requested at the Work Group meeting we are providing the Mexico <br />schedule which is as follows: <br /> <br />~ MONTH <br /> <br />ACRE-FEET <br /> <br />January <br />February <br />March <br />April <br />May <br />June <br />July <br />August <br />September <br />October <br />November <br />December <br /> <br />58,417 <br />113,256 <br />224,852 <br />218,618 <br />124,798 <br />158,616 <br />218,206 <br />215,150 <br />89,308 <br />73,852 <br />77,278 <br />127,649 <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />1,700,000 <br /> <br />More info on repair of Hoover's 8 spillway drum gates ... <br /> <br />The repair work will consist of: 1. replacing the existing external <br />caulk welds between the upstream and bottom skinplates; 2. reinforcing <br />the internal welds; and 3. sealing the tap bolts which connect the <br />hinge fittings to the bottom skinplates. For external welding the drum <br />gates must be in the fully lowered position and the reservoir must be <br />below elevation 1204.76 feet. For the internal welding, the gate can <br />be either in the fully raised or fully lowered position. <br /> <br />Other news <br /> <br />The COE is releasing 300 cfs from Alamo Dam. They need to bring Alamo <br />Reservoir to elevation 1100 feet so that a barge and divers can place <br />a bulkhead gate for dewatering and inspection of the outlet tunnel. <br />The current elevation is 1101 feet (storage of 95,042), But with <br />occassional daily inflows greater then 2,600 cfs, we can expect the <br />300 cfs release to continue for some time. The impact of this release <br />will be negligible on Lower Colorado River operations. <br />