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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Reservoir causing faster flow<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Trinity Journal<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Weaverville</span></font></st1:City><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Wednesday April 19, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Concerns about a rapidly filing reservoir have superseded
the <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place> flow schedule recommended by
the Trinity Management Council for now.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>On Tuesday, the release from the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lewiston</st1:place></st1:City> dam to the river was 1,500 cubic
feet per second rather than the 300 cfs recommended in the (Trinity Record of
Decision of December 2000) schedule. This higher flow is being implemented by
the federal Bureau of Reclamation to meet “safety of dams” criteria
for how high <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Trinity</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> can get given the
time of year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“We have a very full reservoir,” said Trinity
River Restoration Program Director Doug Schleusner. “What they’re trying
to do is keep some cushion in there in case we do have a storm come through.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Releases over the next couple of weeks depend on the weather
and are difficult to predict.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Meanwhile, the Trinity River Management Council has
recommended a flow schedule to the Bureau of Reclamation based on this being an
“extremely wet year” for the <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place>.
As noted, the high flow being released now differs from that schedule. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Assuming that the Bureau accepts the council’s
recommendation, the river will peak on May 23 with a release of 8,500 cfs,
which will continue for 13 days through June 4 before beginning to ramp down. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Moderator’s Note: <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In an “Extremely Wet Water Year”, the prescribed
flows within the Trinity ROD would have a volume of 815,000 acre feet with a
peak flow of 11,000 cfs for 5 days. The reason why such peak flows can not be
implemented this is due to infrastructure impact concerns to property owners adjacent
to the river. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The following is from the public record of the Trinity
Management Council’s minutes of December 14, 2005:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There are 109 properties between Lewiston Dam and Weaver Creek
that represent 22 issues for the release of full ROD flows; there are 15 well pumps,
3 decks, one mobile, and a detached garage that needs to be addressed before
the 11k cfs + 10yr tributary flow in May can be achieved.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The recommended hydrology graph for the TMC’s Water
Year 2006 is shown below:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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