Increase in Twin Release
May, 23 2022 | From USBR:
One of the Twin river exchanges has stopped so we’ll be adding native flows to the current release. At 10:30 this morning, 23 May, we’ll increase from 15 cfs to 65 cfs. |
Decrease in Twin release
May, 12 2022 | From USBR:
We’ve got more requests for a river exchange into Twin Lakes this morning. We’re going to cut 75 cfs from the Twin release and store it in the reservoir. After the gate operation at 11:00, we’ll be releasing 20 cfs, all of which is native. |
Decrease in Twin Release
May, 11 2022 | From USBR:
We have a request for exchange into Twin so we’ll be decreasing the release by 25 cfs at 8:15 this morning, 11 May |
Increase in Twin Release
May, 09 2022 | From USBR:
Runoff picked up this weekend. We’re going to increase the native release from Twin by 60 cfs at 08:00 this morning, 9 May. After the gate op, we’ll be releasing 110 cfs, all native. |
Decrease in Twin Release
May, 06 2022 | From USBR:
Even with the rain this week and the slight warm up, we’re still not getting much inflow to Twin Lake. I suspect whatever is coming down is being soaked up by the dry soils. We’re going to decrease the Twin release from 85 to 50 cfs at 09:30 this morning, 6 May. The release is all native. |
Decrease in Twin Release
April, 28 2022 | From USBR:
We had planned on cutting the release by 20 cfs this morning for an exchange but we're going to cut an additional 20 cfs to maintain the admin. After the gate operation at 8 am we'll be releasing 95 cfs, all of which is native. |
Increase in Twin Release
April, 26 2022 | From USBR:
We’re still trying to catch up to native inflows. We’re going to increase Twin another 50 cfs at 09:15 this morning, 26 Apr. After the gate operation, we’ll be releasing 185 cfs, all of which is native. |
Decrease in Twin Release
April, 26 2022 | From USBR:
We’ve got a request for a river exchange beginning tomorrow and increasing on Thursday. We’ll decrease the release from Twin by 55 cfs at 8 am on Weds, 27 Apr and an additional 20 cfs at 8 am on Thur, 28 Apr. The exchange will continue until 8 am on 4 May. We’ll continue to respond to native inflows through the exchange. |
Increase in Twin Release
April, 25 2022 | From USBR:
We’re going to increase by 50 cfs at 09:15 this morning at Twin. After the gate op, we’ll be releasing 135 cfs, all of which is native. |
Increase in Twin Release
April, 22 2022 | From USBR:
It looks like runoff has started. Hopefully it’ll slow down as it cools off this weekend but right now we need to increase our native release from Twin. At 7:30 this morning, 22 Apr, we’ll increase from 45 to 85 cfs. This is all native.
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Water Order FAP 21-11
April, 20 2022 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
Subject: West Slope Operations
GENERAL
Native flows are increasing.
Twin Lakes Dam
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 00:00 Hrs.
Convert the 15 cfs project release from Twin Lakes to native. |
Increase in Twin Release
April, 18 2022 | From USBR:
We’re going to increase our release from Twin from 15 cfs to 30 cfs around 10:30 this morning. All of this is native. |
Water Order FAP 21-10
April, 07 2022 | GENERAL
Inflows to Ruedi Reservoir from the Fryingpan River will reach levels that place the Fryingpan Arkansas Project in priority. West Slope Collection System
When Appropriate
Regulate diversions to meet the minimum flow requirements as measured at the Thomasville Gauge on the Fryingpan River. Begin diverting any additional water available through Boustead Tunnel. Fryingpan Minimum Flows at Thomasville Gage
DateMin Flow
(cfs) Oct. 1 - Mar. 3130 Apr. 1 - Apr. 30100 May 1 - May 31150 Jun. 1 - Jun. 30200 Jul. 1 - Jul. 31100 Aug. 1 - Aug 3175 Sep 1 - Sep 3065 |
Water Order FAP 22-09
April, 04 2022 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL
Sufficient space for anticipated spring imports exists.
Sugarloaf Dam
Monday, April 4, 2022 at 13:30 Hrs.
Reduce the flow to the conduit to normal bypass flows of around 12 cfs.
Twin Lakes Dam
Monday, April 4, 2022 at 13:00 Hrs.
Reduce the project release from Twin Lakes from 35 cfs to 15 cfs. |
Water Order FAP 22-08
March, 29 2022 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL
Sufficient space for anticipated spring imports will exist.
Sugarloaf Dam
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 14:00 Hrs.
Reduce the flow to the conduit by 35 cfs.
Twin Lakes Dam
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 14:30 Hrs.
Reduce the project release from Twin Lakes from 70 cfs to 35 cfs. |
Water Order FAP 22-07
March, 28 2022 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL
Sufficient space for anticipated spring imports will exist.
Sugarloaf Dam
Monday, March 28, 2022 at 13:00 Hrs.
Reduce the flow to the conduit by 35 cfs.
Twin Lakes Dam
Monday, March 28, 2022 at 13:30 Hrs.
Reduce the project release from Twin Lakes from 105 cfs to 70 cfs. |
Water Order FAP 22-06
March, 23 2022 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL
Sufficient space for anticipated spring imports will exist.
Sugarloaf Dam
Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 08:00 Hrs.
Reduce the flow to the conduit by 35 cfs.
Twin Lakes Dam
Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 07:30 Hrs.
Reduce the project release from Twin Lakes from 140 cfs to 105 cfs. |
Water Order FAP 22-05
March, 14 2022 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL
End winter water operations
Sugarloaf Dam
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 00:00 Hrs.
Convert the 3 cfs project release to a native release.
Twin Lakes Dam
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 00:00 Hrs.
Stop storing native flows in Twin Lakes. |
Water Order FAP 22-04
January, 24 2022 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL
Room will be made available in Turquoise Reservoir for anticipated spring imports.
Sugarloaf Dam
Tuesday, January 25 2022 at 08:00 Hrs.
Increase the total release to 320 cfs from the sleeve valves to the conduit. Maintain normal
bypass flows.
Twin Lakes Dam
Tuesday, January 25 2022 at 08:00 Hrs.
Increase the project release to 140 cfs.
Maintain until further notice. |
Water Order FAP 22-03
December, 22 2021 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL
Room will be made available in Turquoise Reservoir for anticipated spring imports.
Sugarloaf Dam
Monday, January 3, 2022 at 08:00 Hrs.
Release 125 cfs from the sleeve valves to the conduit. Maintain normal bypass flows.
Twin Lakes Dam
Monday, January 3, 2022 at 09:00 Hrs.
Increase the project release from 15 cfs to 125 cfs.
Maintain until further notice. |
Water Order FAP 22-2
November, 12 2021 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL
We will begin the winter water program operations on November 15, 2021.
Sugarloaf Dam
Sunday, November 15, 2021 at 00:00 Hrs.
Convert the release down Lake Fork Creek to 3 cfs of project water.
Begin storing 3 cfs of native inflow for Colorado Springs.
Twin Lakes Dam
Friday, November 15, 2021 at 00:00 Hrs.
Convert the 15 cfs native release from Twin Lakes to project. Store all native inflows to Twin Lakes for Twin Lakes Canal Company.
Maintain these flows until further notice. |
Water Order FAP 22-1
October, 01 2021 | GENERAL
The administrative accounts in Turquoise and Twin Lakes are balanced.
Twin Lakes Dam
Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 00:00 Hrs.
Convert the 15 cfs project release to native release.
Maintain until further notice. |
Water Order FAP 21-36
September, 22 2021 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL
Halfmoon Creek no longer has flows to support diversions into the Mt. Elbert Conduit to be released down Lake Creek.
Mt.Elbert Conduit at Halfmoon Diversion
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 12:00 Hours
Stop diversions from Halfmoon Creek.
Maintain until further notice. |
Water Order FAP 21-35
September, 09 2021 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL
The native flows inflows have dropped.
Twin Lakes Dam
Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 00:00 Hrs.
Convert the 15 cfs native release to project release.
Maintain until further notice. |
Hydrochange Decrease in Twin Release
September, 08 2021 | From USBR:
We’re going to decrease the native release from Twin by 30 cfs at 16:30 this afternoon, 8 Sep 21. After the gate operation, we’ll be releasing 35 cfs, less than 1 cfs of account and the rest native. |
Water Order FAP 20-34
September, 03 2021 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL
Both Mt. Elbert power generating units will be down for maintenance on September 7,
2021.
Sugarloaf Dam
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 08:00 Hrs.
Stop the release from the Sugarloaf jet flow valves to the Mt. Elbert conduit. Continue the
bypass release.
Maintain until further notice |
Hydrochange Increase in Twin Release
September, 02 2021 | From USBR:
We’re going to increase the native release from Twin today in 2 gate changes. The first will be an increase of 40 cfs at 08:00 and the second of 35 cfs at 12:00. After the second gate operation, we’ll be releasing 103 cfs, almost all native. |
Hydrochange Decrease in Twin Release
August, 31 2021 | From BSBR:
We are going to decrease the release from Twin Lakes today by 10 cfs at 11:00. After the gate change we'll be releasing about 27 cfs, of which 0.6 cfs is account water and the rest is native. |
Hydrochange Decrease in Twin Release
August, 23 2021 | From USBR:
We are going to decrease the release from Twin Lakes today by 50 cfs at 16:00. After the release we'll be releasing about 35 cfs, of which almost all is native. |
Hydrochange Decrease in Twin Release
August, 19 2021 | From USBR:
We’re going to cut an additional 50 cfs at 07:30 this morning. After the gate operation, we’ll be releasing 146 cfs, almost all of which is native |
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