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Drought, drawdown, having significant impact below WC Dam

Operation of power plants, water supply intakes, downstream effected; cause is drawdown plus drought conditions, latest Wolf Creek Dam Weekly Report says

Quotes from "Water Management Report," from the May 31, 2007 "Wolf Creek Dam Weekly Update, May 31, 2007":

The current headwater elevation at Wolf Creek is 680.5. Beginning on Sunday (May 27), we went to a minimum release of around 600 cfs aver daily discharge (four unit hours of generation).

There have been signifi cant downstream water management impacts resulting from a combination of ongoing drought conditions and the Wolf Creek drawdown. These impacts include restricting navigation at several locations along the Cumberland River, operation of the Cumberland Fossil Fuel Plant in Lake Barkley, threats to water supply intakes, and high water temperatures and low dissolved oxygen concentrations along the Cumberland River.



There is very little rainfall predicted for the Cumberland River Basin over the next several days. Given the current dry conditions it would take a fairly significant rainfall event to produce enough flow to help meet Cumberland River Basin system water management objectives.
Click here to get full May 31, 2007, Wolf Creek dam weekly update at Corps of Engineers website.


This story was posted on 2007-06-05 04:49:10
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