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Lake: Green Mountain Reservoir
River: Blue River (Below Green Mtn Res)
Green Mtn/Lower Blue update
Post By: klamb      Posted: 6/21/2012 4:57:33 PM     Points: 366    
All,
Green Mountain Reservoir releases to the lower Blue River are going up today.

Changes will step up in two increments of 70 cfs each. The first change began right after lunch. That brought the release up from about 250 cfs to 320 cfs. The second change will be around 6 p.m. this evening, June 21, and will bring the release up from 320 to 390 cfs. It will stay around 390 cfs until further notice.

The reason for the increase is that the Cameo water right call has been placed on the Colorado River. As a result, Green Mountain Reservoir is no longer in priority and is no longer storing water behind the dam.

Water levels at Green Mountain have been around 7928 feet for the past week, which is about 72% full. This is likely the highest the reservoir water elevation will get this year.

Additional information is available on our ECAO website (www.usbr.go/gp/ecao) and on the Green Mountain Reservoir page (http://www.usbr.gov/gp-bin/arcweb_gmtr.pl). As always, please let me know if you have any related questions.

Best,
Kara

Kara Lamb
Public Information Officer
Bureau of Reclamation
Eastern Colorado Area Office
(970) 962-4326

 Reply by: klamb      Posted: 6/22/2012 12:48:10 PM     Points: 366    
All,
A re-measurement of Colorado River flows has resulted in an increase of releases from Green Mountain Reservoir to the Lower Blue River.

Today at noon and again around 6 p.m., Reclamation will bump up releases from Green Mountain Dam to the Lower Blue by roughly 50 cfs.

The increase at noon will bring the Lower Blue to about 450 cfs.

The increase this evening will bring the Lower Blue to about 500 cfs.
I'm on cell phone for the rest of the afternoon if you have related questions (970) 215-9545.

Best,
Kara

Kara Lamb
Public Information
Bureau of Reclamation
Eastern Colorado Area Office
(970) 962-4326
 Reply by: northernpike      Posted: 6/23/2012 12:44:00 PM     Points: 20    
The fishing in the reservoir is not so good--including worm and bobber.
 Reply by: klamb      Posted: 7/3/2012 4:23:21 PM     Points: 366    
All,
The weather continues to remain hot and dry and flow in the Colorado River continues to decline. Additionally, Wolford Mountain Reservoir releases have had to cut back for some maintenance work. With all these factors in mind, it was determined on the weekly conference call this morning (held early because of the holiday tomorrow), that releases from Green Mountain Dam to the Lower Blue should go back up.

As a result, we bumped releases up twice this morning: once around 7 a.m. from 320 to 350 cfs and then again at noon from 350 to 420 cfs.
The 420 cfs release will stay in place at least through Independence Day.

Have a great Fourth of July!
--Kara

Kara Lamb
Public Information Officer
Bureau of Reclamation
Eastern Colorado Area Office
Bureau of Reclamation
(970) 962-4326
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