Follow up on Carter and Big Thompson

6/21/2012

All,

The pump to Carter Lake is back on! This will help even out the reservoir water
level a little bit. The reservoir is currently at an elevation of about 5727--about
32 vertical feet from the top, or 70% full. Track our reservoir water level on line
at: http://www.usbr.gov/gp-bin/arcweb_carterco.pl

Also, releases to the Big Thompson River from Olympus Dam on Lake Estes are
scheduled to scale back late tonight, around midnight. Currently, they are around
467 cfs. By tomorrow morning, June 21, flows in the Big T will be around 330 cfs.

Please let me know if you have any related questions. I'll be in the office all day
tomorrow.

Best,
Kara

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