In the tables that follow, each date is color-coded according to the kind of release scheduled for that day:
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
| No scheduled release planned for this day. | |
| Ramping up/down from Little Grass Valley Dam during the day. | |
| Scheduled release: 350 or more cfs from Little Grass Valley Dam all day. |
| September 2012 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20Start ramping up | 21Ramp up to 400 cfs | 22400 cfs all day |
| 23400 cfs all day | 24400 cfs all day | 25400 cfs all day | 26400 cfs all day | 27400 cfs all day | 28400 cfs all day | 29400 cfs all day |
| 30400 cfs all day | ||||||
| October 2012 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1400 cfs all day | 2400 cfs all day | 3400 cfs all day | 4400 cfs all day | 5400 cfs all day | 6400 cfs all day | |
| 7400 cfs all day | 8Ramp down to 350 cfs | 9350 cfs all day | 10350 cfs all day | 11350 cfs all day | 12350 cfs all day | 13350 cfs all day |
| 14350 cfs all day | 15350 cfs all day | 16350 cfs all day | 17350 cfs all day | 18350 cfs all day | 19350 cfs all day | 20350 cfs all day |
| 21350 cfs all day | 22Ramp down to minimum flow | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||