SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation plans to incrementally
increase releases below Keswick Dam beginning Thursday evening, Feb. 9.
Releases are expected to reach 50,000 cubic feet per second on Friday,
60,000 cfs on Saturday and 70,000 cfs on Sunday, Feb. 12. The increased
releases are necessary to meet flood space regulatory requirements within
Shasta Reservoir. Conditions are monitored real time and operational
adjustments will be made as necessary and may occur on short notice.
Shasta Reservoir, located 10 miles north of Redding, provides water for
people, fish and wildlife, hydropower, and environmental and
salinity-control requirements in the Bay-Delta.
People along the Sacramento River downstream of Keswick Dam can expect
river levels to increase and should take appropriate safety precautions.
Midnight reservoir elevation and flows from Keswick Dam may be found at
Reclamation’s Central Valley Operations Office website at
https://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo/vungvari/wtr_rpt.pdf
. Current Sacramento River conditions may be found at the Department of
Water Resources’ California Data Exchange Center website at
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/river/upsacto1Stages.html
.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
