AHRA waterflow Announcements

November 5, 2025

Water Order FAP 26-02

Mount Elbert Powerplant, Attn: Facility Manager
Subject: Project Operations


GENERAL
Native flows into Turquoise and Twin Lakes have declined.

Twin Lakes Dam
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 00:00 Hrs.
Convert the 15 cfs native release from Twin Lakes down Lake Creek to project.

Maintain until further notice.

October 15, 2025

Increase in Twin Release

From USBR: There's been a little moisture in the upper reservoirs this week. We're going to release the excess native. At 10:30 am, the release from Twin Lakes will increase from 15 cfs to 50 cfs, less than 1 cfs from accounts and the rest native. 

October 1, 2025

Water Order FAP26-01

From USBR: We're going to end releases through the Sugarloaf Powerplant to the conduit at 08:00 this morning. There are no changes to river releases. 

September 24, 2025

Increase at Twin Lakes

From USBR: We are going to test equipment at Twin Lakes Reservoir tomorrow from 0900 to 1300 hrs.  The release from the dam will increase by 25 cfs in 5 cfs increments every 20 minutes up to 40 cfs and then back down to 15 cfs.

September 15, 2025

Increase in Twin Release

From USBR: We got a small increase in inflow late last week so we're going to release the excess by increasing the native release from Twin Lakes by 15 cfs to 30 cfs at 07:30 this morning.