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Reclamation Announces 2009 Trinity River Flow Schedule 
Mid-Pacific Region
Sacramento, Calif.
Media Contact:
Pete Lucero
916-978-5100
 
Released On: April 24, 2009

The Bureau of Reclamation announces the 2009 Flow Schedule from Lewiston Dam to the Trinity River.  The Flow Schedule is based on the April 1 forecast for inflows to Trinity Reservoir of 852,000 acre-feet for Water Year 2009, based on a dry year river release hydrograph.  The 2009 Flow Schedule was recommended by the Trinity Management Council on April 2, 2009, and approved by Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on April 23, 2009.    

Beginning on Sunday night, April 26, 2009, the releases on the Trinity River below Lewiston Dam will be increased incrementally from the winter base flow of 300 cubic feet per second (cfs) to a peak release of 4,500 cfs on May 1, 2009.  Flows will be reduced to the base summer flows of 450 cfs by July 5, and will remain at that level through September 30, the end of Water Year 2009.

2009 Flow Schedule
April 26        500 cfs
April 27     1,100 cfs
April 28     2,250 cfs
April 29     3,000 cfs
April 30     4,000 cfs
May 1 to May 5     4,500 cfs
May 18 to May 29     2,000 cfs
June 2 to June 12     1,200 cfs
June 16 to June 25        700 cfs
July 5 to September 30        450 cfs

The total release to the Trinity River scheduled for Water Year 2009 is 453,050 acre-feet, in accordance with the December 2000 Record of Decision outlining actions required to implement the Trinity River Restoration Program.     To view the 2009 Flow Schedule, the Record of Decision, and other information regarding the Trinity River Restoration Program, please visit the Trinity River Restoration Program Website at http://www.trrp.net. For more information, please contact Mr. Mike Hamman at 530-623-1800, e-mail mhamman@usbr.gov, or e-mail ibr2mprpao@mp.usbr.gov.

 

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