Potholes Reservoir Water Releases Halted

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Potholes Reservoir Water Releases Halted

The following news_release was published by the Bureau of Reclamation on April 6, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

OTHELLO, Washington - The Bureau of Reclamation terminated flood control releases of approximately 100 cubic feet per second from Potholes Reservoir via the O’Sullivan Dam spillway into Lower Crab Creek April 4.

With current diversions through the Potholes East Canal, Potholes Reservoir now has sufficient capacity to accommodate both natural inflows from the upper Crab Creek watershed as well as irrigation return flows.

If you have any questions please contact Toni E. Turner, program manager, Irrigation Operations and Technical Services in the Ephrata Field Office at tturner@usbr.gov or at (509) 754-0244.

Source: Bureau of Reclamation

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