HOOVER RESERVOIR DATA
<br />CRSS -NODE 910
<br />Lake Mead
<br />In
<br />Available
<br />Live
<br />Live
<br />Elevation Storage
<br />Storage
<br />(ft.) (a.f.)
<br />(a.f.)
<br />Top Parapet Wall ........................... 1236
<br />Top of Dam ...... ...........................1232
<br />Top Flood Pool /Gates up & Q = 65,000 cfs ... 1229 ........ 27,377,000 ......... 0-
<br />Gates up & Q = 40,000 cfs ................... 1226.9 ...... 27,037,000 ....... 340,000
<br />Recreation Damage Level ..............•••••• 1225• •••••••26,731,000.......646,000
<br />Top Spillway Gates - Raised Position ....... 1221. 4 ...... 26,159,000 ..... 1,218,000
<br />Minimum Required Flood Pool level
<br />& Normal Reservoir Capacity .............. 1219. 6 ... ...25,877,000 ..... 1,500,000
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<br />Sept. 1 Available Space level (1982 FC) ... 1214. 66 .....
<br />25,107,000 ..... 2,270,000
<br />OldNov. 1 FC level ........................ 1212 ........
<br />24,700,000 ..... 2,677,000
<br />Oct. 1 Available Space level (1982 FC) .... 1209. 6 ......
<br />25,337,000 ..... 3,040,000
<br />Permanent Spillway Crest or
<br />Top Spillway Gates lowered position .... .. 1205. 4 ......
<br />23,700,000 ..... 3,669,000
<br />Nov. 1 Available Space level (1982 FC) .... 1204. 45 .....
<br />23,567,000 ..... 3,810,000
<br />1204
<br />23,501,000 3,876,000
<br />Old Dec. 1 FC level ...•••••••••••••••••••••1203. 41.....23,414,000.....3,963,000
<br />1200
<br />22,916,000 4,461,000
<br />Dec. 1 Available Space level (1982 FC) ..... 1199. 1 ......
<br />22,787,000 ..... 4,580,000
<br />Jan 1 Available FC Space level .......•••••• 1193. 8......22,027,000.....5,350,000
<br />Bottom Spillway Gate Chamber ........ ......
<br />fic:n«j� •
<br />21,400,000 ..... 5,977,000
<br />�� 1178
<br />19, 878, 000 7,499,000
<br />,,162
<br />17,868,000 9,509,000
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<br />15,392,000 11,985,000
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<br />Rated Power. Head .................... P11T. �.��i ••• •••••13,653,000....13,724,000'
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<br />1122. 8 ......
<br />13,633..000 .... 13,744,000
<br />1090
<br />10,616,000 16,761,000
<br />Top Minimum Power Pool
<br />& Bottom Joint Use Pool .............••••• 1083.. ......10,024,000....17,353,000.
<br />1080
<br />9,776,000 17,601,000
<br />Minimum Power • • • • • • • • •1050 • • • . • -.7,471 , 000....19, 906, 000
<br />Southern Nevada Water Intake ............... 1047 .........
<br />7,260,000 .... 20,117,000
<br />Upper Outlet & Power Penstock sills ........ 1045 ......... 7,120,000 .... 20,257,000
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<br />Lower Outlet & Power Penstock sills i44;v
<br />& Top of Dead Storage ..................... 895 ............ 0 ......... 23,377,000
<br />Average tailwater 646
<br />Notes: 1. Total Storage Capactiy @ 1221.4 = 28,537,000 a.f. (1964)
<br />2. Dead Storage Capacity @ 895 = 2,378,000 a.f. (1964)
<br />3. Spillway Capacity @ 1232 gates lowered 8 x 50000 = 400,000 cfs combined
<br />4. River Outlet Capacity @ 1221.4 = 44,800 cfs
<br />combined
<br />5. Power Outlet Capacity @ 1221.4 = 35,000 cfs
<br />combined (1980)
<br />6. 1980 Nameplate Power Generation Capacity = 19 units for combined total
<br />1,344.8 MW. This has been upgraded to 1,402.5 MW presently by rewinds and will ultimately be
<br />1,800 MW.
<br />7. Maximum Power Head is 590 feet or elevation
<br />1226.9 + tailwater.
<br />S. Minimum Power Head is 420 feet or elevation
<br />1050 + tailwater
<br />9. Rated Power head is elevation.1123
<br />10. Drainage Area is 167,740 square miles
<br />11. Mean Annual Natural Runoff (1906 -1980) is 15,135,000 a.f
<br />12. Completed 1936 under Boulder Canyon Project
<br />Act
<br />13. Minimum release rate is 1000 cfs.
<br />14. Maximum monthly power output is 1200 GWH presently and ultimately 1339.2 GWH.
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