Increase in Twin Release
April, 11 2024 | From USBR:
We’re going to increase the native release by 25 cfs at 08:00 this morning, 11 Apr 24. After the gate operation, we’ll be releasing 60 cfs, all but about 1 cfs is native.
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Increase in Twin Release
April, 08 2024 | From USBR:
We’re going to increase the native release from Twin Lakes by 20 cfs Monday morning at 8:00. After the gate operation, we’ll be releasing 35 cfs- less than 1 cfs of account releases and the rest native.
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Water Order FAP 24-10
April, 04 2024 | Mt. Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL Mt. Elbert Conduit is now available to balance storage between Turquoise and Twin Lakes.
Sugarloaf Dam Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 1130 Hrs. Increase the Mt Elbert conduit flow to 360 cfs. Maintain this flow until further notice. |
Water Order FAP 24-09
March, 19 2024 | Mt. Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL We have filled the Mt Elbert forebay to about 80% of capacity and Unit 2 at Mt Elbert powerplant is still not working as a generator. Powerplant personnel are working on it now and we hope to have it back in service soon. Once we do, we plan to increase the conduit flow rate to ~200 cfs.
Sugarloaf Dam Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 0800 Hrs. Decrease the Mt Elbert conduit flow to 14 cfs.
Maintain this flow until further notice. |
Water Order FAP24-08 REVISION
March, 13 2024 | Mt. Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL End of winter water operations.
Sugarloaf Dam Friday, March 15, 2024 at 0000 Hrs. Convert the 3 cfs project release to a native release. Continue releasing 3 cfs of native inflow down Lake Fork Creek.
Twin Lakes Dam Friday, March 15, 2024 at 0000 Hrs. Stop storing native flows in Twin Lakes. Convert the 15 cfs project release to native.
Friday, March 15, 2024 at 0900 Hrs. Decrease release from 25 cfs to 15 cfs at 0900 hrs. Continue releasing 15 cfs of native inflow down Lake Creek. |
Water Order FAP 24-08
March, 12 2024 | Mt. Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL End of winter water operations.
Sugarloaf Dam Friday, March 15, 2024 at 0000 Hrs. Convert the 3 cfs project release to a native release.
Friday, March 15, 2024 at 1000 Hrs. Increase release from 3 cfs to 13 cfs at 1000 hrs. Continue releasing 13 cfs of native inflow down Lake Fork Creek.
Twin Lakes Dam Friday, March 15, 2024 at 0000 Hrs. Stop storing native flows in Twin Lakes. Convert the 15 cfs project release to native.
Friday, March 15, 2024 at 0800 Hrs. Decrease release from 25 cfs to 15 cfs at 0800 hrs. Continue releasing 15 cfs of native inflow down Lake Creek. |
Water Order FAP 24-07
March, 04 2024 | Mt. Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL We are continuing to fill the Mt Elbert forebay in anticipation of generation starting at the Mt. Elbert powerplant this week. Mt Elbert Powerplant personnel have requested to run 150 cfs to keep the valves from having problems so we are increasing the flow to 150 cfs through theconduit.
Sugarloaf Dam Monday, March 4, 2024 at 1000 Hrs. Increase the Mt Elbert conduit flow to 150 cfs. The Sugarloaf powerplant will not be generating for the foreseeable future.
Maintain this flow until further notice.
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Water Order FAP 24-06
February, 29 2024 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL Starting to fill Mt Elbert forebay in anticipation of generation starting next week at the Mt Elbert powerplant.
Sugarloaf Dam Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 1500 Hrs. Increase the Mt Elbert conduit flow to 100 cfs. The Sugarloaf powerplant will not be generating for the foreseeable future.
Maintain this flow until further notice. |
Water Order FAP24-05
February, 28 2024 | (Water order number skipped/does not exist) |
Increase in Twin Release
January, 16 2024 | From USBR:
We plan to adjust the Twin Lakes release by 5 cfs at 12:00 tomorrow, increasing it from 20 cfs to 25 cfs (15 cfs project water, 10 cfs native <1 cfs of contract release).
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Water Order FAP 24-04
November, 13 2023 | Mt. Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL We will begin the winter water program operations on November 15, 2023.
Sugarloaf Dam Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 00:00 Hrs. Convert the release down Lake Fork Creek to project water. Begin storing 3 cfs of native inflow for Colorado Springs.
Twin Lakes Dam Wednesday, November 15, 2022 at 00:00 Hrs. Store all native inflows to Twin Lakes for Twin Lakes Canal Company. Maintain these flows until further notice.
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Water Order FAP 24-03
November, 07 2023 | Mt. Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL Native inflows have decreased.
Twin Lakes Dam Monday, November 6, 2023 at 00:00 Hrs. Convert the 15 cfs native release from Twin to project. Maintain this release until further notice. |
Decrease in Twin Release
November, 02 2023 | From USBR:
We decreased the Twin release by 10 cfs at 08:30, cutting it from 25 cfs to 15 cfs, all but about 1 cfs of which is native.
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Water Order FAP 24-02
October, 30 2023 | Mt. Elbert PowerplantGENERAL Native inflows have increased.
Twin Lakes Dam Sunday, Oct 29, 2023 at 00:00 Hrs. Convert the 15 cfs project release from Twin to native. Maintain this release until further notice. |
Water Order FAP 24-01
October, 03 2023 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL The release of account water from Twin Lakes has diminished.
Twin Lakes Dam Sunday, Oct 1, 2023 at 00:00 Hrs. Convert the 15 cfs release from Twin to project. Maintain this release until further notice. |
Water Order FAP 23-43
September, 29 2023 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL The state wants a physical release of water from Twin.
Twin Lakes Dam Wednesday, Sept 27, 2023 at 00:00 Hrs. Convert the 15 cfs native release from Twin to account. |
Water Order FAP 23-42
September, 25 2023 | Mt. Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL Native inflows to Turquoise and Twin Lakes are very low.
Twin Lakes Dam Monday, Sept 25, 2023 at 00:00 Hrs. Convert the 15 cfs native release from Twin to project. |
Water Order FAP 23-41
September, 19 2023 | Mount Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL Turquoise Lake has been sufficiently drafted.
Sugarloaf Dam Thursday, Sept 21, 2023 at 08:00 Hrs. Stop the flows from Sugarloaf Dam through the powerplant to the conduit. Continue the bypass flows. |
Decrease in Twin release
September, 08 2023 | From USBR:
We’ve stopped the project release from Twin as of Sept 8. We’re going to start reducing the native release beginning Saturday, Sept 9 with a decrease of 50 cfs, and a second decrease of 50 cfs on Sunday, Sept 10. On Monday, Sept 11 we’ll make a final cut to bring the total release to 15 cfs of native water.
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Water Order FAP 23-40
September, 01 2023 | Mt. Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL Flows from Twin Lakes will be reduced to aid in construction projects in the Arkansas River.
Twin Lakes Dam Monday, Sept 4, 2023 at 17:00 Hrs. Decrease the project release from Twin Lakes from 300 cfs to 230 cfs.
Tuesday, Sept 5, 2023 at 08:00 Hrs. Decrease the project release from Twin Lakes from 230 cfs to 140 cfs.
Wednesday, Sept 6, 2023 at 08:00 Hrs. Decrease the project release from Twin Lakes from 140 cfs to 70 cfs.
Thursday, Sept 7, 2023 at 08:00 Hrs. Decrease the project release from Twin Lakes from 70 cfs to 35 cfs.
Friday, Sept 8, 2023 at 08:00 Hrs. Decrease the project release from Twin Lakes from 35 cfs to 0 cfs.
Maintain this flow until further notice.
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Increase in Twin Release
August, 21 2023 | From USBR:
We’re going to increase the release from Twin at 16:00 this afternoon, 21 Aug 23. The flow below the dam will increase by about 50 cfs of native water. As of midnight, we are releasing 300 cfs project and the rest is native.
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Water Order FAP 23-39
August, 17 2023 | Mt Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL Balancing the admin account at Twin Lakes Reservoir.
Twin Lakes Dam Thursday, August 17, 2023 00:00 Hrs. Decrease the project release by 50 cfs by converting project release to a native release. The project release will now be 300 cfs. Maintain this flow until further notice. |
Decrease in Twin Release
August, 11 2023 | From USBR:
We’re going to cut the native flows by 40 cfs at 08:30 this morning, 11 Aug. After the gate operation we’ll be releasing 80 cfs of account, 350 cfs of project and the rest native.
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Water Order FAP 23-38
August, 11 2023 | Mt Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL Flows will be decreased to extend the time of power production.
Sugarloaf Dam Friday, August 11, 2023 at 12:00 Hrs. Decrease the release to Mt Elbert conduit to 300 cfs. Continue bypass and hatchery flows. Maintain this flow until further notice. |
Water Order FAP 23-37
August, 09 2023 | Mt Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL There will be an inspection of the Sugarloaf sleeve valve.
Sugarloaf Dam Monday, August 14, 2023 at 09:00 Hrs. Stop the release through the Sugarloaf sleeve valve. Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 12:00 Hrs. Resume releases to Sugarloaf Powerplant at 350 cfs. Maintain bypass and fish hatchery flows. Maintain until further notice. |
Water Order FAP 23-36
August, 07 2023 | Mt Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL Project water will be released to Pueblo.
Twin Lakes Dam Monday, August 7, 2023 00:00 Hrs. Convert 50 cfs of the native release to a project release. The project release will be 350 cfs. Maintain this flow until further notice. |
Water Order FAP 23-35
August, 06 2023 | Mt Elbert Powerplant
GENERAL Project water will be released to Pueblo.
Twin Lakes Dam Sunday, August 6, 2023 00:00 Hrs. Convert 25 cfs of the native release to a project release. The project release will be 300 cfs. Maintain this flow until further notice. |
Clear Creek Reservoir Gate Cut
August, 06 2023 | From Pueblo Water:
Inflow into Clear Creek Reservoir dropped considerably this weekend so we had to cut the gates by 25 cfs this afternoon. The gates are now at 125 cfs, 65 cfs account water and 60 cfs native.
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Water Order FAP 23-34
August, 05 2023 | Mt Elbert PowerplantGENERAL Project water will be released to Pueblo.
Twin Lakes Dam Saturday, August 05, 2023 00:00 Hrs. Convert 50 cfs of the native release to project release. As of midnight, we’re releasing 275 cfs of project from Twin.
Maintain this flow until further notice. |
Change in Clear Creek Reservoir Release
August, 04 2023 | From Pueblo Water:
We have been holding the gates at Clear Creek steady in the 150 to 140 cfs range since July 27. The combination of native and account water has been adjusted as necessary to adapt to changing inflow above the reservoir. As of this afternoon the mix is 65 cfs account water and 77 cfs native. By Monday we will have drawn Clear Creek Reservoir down to the level we want for the winter so on Monday afternoon the gates will be cut to just pass inflow and will continue to be adjusted as needed to pass inflow until winter water storage starts on November 15. To offset the cut at Clear Creek we will start a release of 80 cfs from Twin Lakes at noon on Monday. This will replace the current 15 cfs run we currently have coming out of Twin so it nets out to a 65 cfs increase. The initial plan is to continue the 80 cfs release until August 20. |
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