Hetch Hetchy Water and Power reports as follows:
Update on flows for May 8 to 15:
1)
Eleanor continues to spill – inflows remain fairly high, and spill has remained steady at 600 cfs (for a total release of 1300 cfs including the valves). Spill will follow inflows while the lake is full – for the next week, I expect
that inflows will maintain at this high level.
a.
Note that the Eleanor stream gauge is back up and running, and seems to be reporting correctly.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/uv/?site_no=11277500&PARAmeter_cd=62614,00054,00060
2)
High inflows to Hetch Hetchy necessitated a valve move to
4000 cfs on Saturday. We expect to remain at 4000 cfs through May 15
3)
May 15, we are planning a valve move to 6700 cfs at Hetch Hetchy.
Source |
Current Releases (cfs) |
Releases Starting May 15 (cfs) |
Cherry Lake |
750 |
750 |
Holm PH |
950 |
950 |
Lake Eleanor Valves |
700 |
700 |
Lake Eleanor Spill |
200 - 800 |
0-800 |
Hetch Hetchy |
4,000 |
6,700 |
Kirkwood PH |
700 |
700 |
Total HHWP releases |
7,300
– 7,900 |
9,800 – 10,600 |
Here is a link to most of our stream gauges:
Any significant changes to the schedule will be posted on the bulletin board.