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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 <br />Am 704 /hoov /res <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 <br />1r1zW <br />15,392,000 11,985,000 <br />xo;,kj{ <br />Rated Power. Head .................... P11T. �.��i ••• •••••13,653,000....13,724,000' <br />/ <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 <br />�'� <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. <br />Am 704 /hoov /res <br />