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 Bureau of Reclamation

Water Data Update – July 31, 2006

Water Year Type

Upper Klamath Lake:  Above Average (this is the highest level classification for the lake)

Klamath River:  Wet (this is the highest flow classification for the river)

Additional Information

Snow Pack Basin-wide Percent of Average:  Zero.

Upper Klamath Lake April-September 30th

    Stream Flow Forecast:  820,000 acre-feet @ 50 percent exceedance

Klamath River Flow Forecast:  793,000 acre-feet @ 70 percent exceedance

Upper Klamath Lake Level:  4,140.58 feet      

Upper Klamath Lake Inflow 7-day Average:    588 cubic feet per second (cfs)

Link River Releases:  767 cfs

Keno Releases:  611 cfs

Iron Gate Dam Releases:  1,040 cfs

Requirement through October for Wet Year Type in Biological Opinion:  1.000 cfs

Shasta River Flow:  65 cfs

Scott River Flow:  64 cfs

Trinity River Basin – Extremely Wet Water Year (this is the highest flow classification)

Trinity River Releases – below Lewiston Dam:  398 cfs

Trinity River Flow – at Hoopa Gauge:   1,500 cfs

This document is updated bi-weekly.  Please circulate freely.

For more information please visit:

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/pilot_water_bank/index.html

Contact:  Rae Olsen, Klamath Basin Area Office, 541-883-6935, rolsen@mp.usbr.gov

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