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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Mid-Pacific Region<br>
Sacramento, Calif.</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Media
Contact: Erin Curtis, 916-204-2348, <a href="mailto:eccurtis@usbr.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">eccurtis@usbr.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">For
Immediate Release: July 28, 2018<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">MEDIA ADVISORY</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Trinity River and Lewiston Reservoir water levels could
fluctuate due to Carr Fire emergency operations at Trinity Power Plant</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">REDDING,
Calif. – Reclamation is alerting the public that water levels in Lewiston
Reservoir and in Trinity River could fluctuate this evening due to emergency
water releases associated with the Carr Fire.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Take
precautions if you are on or near the reservoir or the river.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background:white;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Lewiston
releases to the Trinity River are immediately increasing by 500 cubic feet per
second – from 750 cfs to 1,250 cfs total. <span></span></span></p>
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Trinity Power Plant is being impacted due to fire activity. It is still
generating power, but the situation could change.<span></span></span></p>
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is the largest wholesale water supplier in the United States, and the nation’s
second largest producer of hydroelectric power. Its facilities also provide
substantial flood control, recreation, and fish and wildlife benefits. Visit
our website at <a href="http://www.usbr.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.usbr.gov</span></a>. Follow us on
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