Water Data Update – August 2 , 2005  

(From the Bureau of Reclamation)

Water Year Type

Upper Klamath Lake :  Below Average

Klamath River :  Below Average

Additional Information

Snow Pack:  0  

UKL April – September Stream Flow Forecast:  383,000 acre-feet @ 50% exceedance

Klamath River Flow Forecast:  366,000 acre-feet @ 70% exceedance  

Upper Klamath Lake Level:  4,141.43 feet  

Upper Klamath Lake Inflow Six-day Average:  105.8 cfs  

Link River Releases:  663 cfs  

Keno Releases:  723 cfs  

Iron Gate Dam Releases:  1,020 cfs

            Biological Opinion Requirement:  979

            Water Bank Used to Date:  102,835 acre-feet  

Shasta River Flow:  31 cfs  

Scott River Flow:  23 cfs  

Trinity River Basin – Normal Water Year  

Trinity River Releases - below Lewiston Dam:  445 cfs  

Trinity River Flow - at Hoopa Gauge:   1,270 cfs  

This document is updated bi-weekly.  Please circulate freely.  

For more information please visit:

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/pilot_water_bank_index.html  

Contact:  Rae Olsen, Klamath Basin Area Office, (541) 883-6935, rolsen@mp.usbr.gov