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 Bureau of Reclamation

Water Data Update – April 20, 2006

Water Year Type
Upper Klamath Lake: Above Average (this is the highest classification)
Klamath River: Wet (this is the highest classification)

Additional Information
Snow Pack Basin-wide percent of Average: 186%
UKL April – September 30th Stream Flow Forecast: 820,000 acre-feet @ 50% exceedance
Klamath River Flow Forecast: 793,000 acre-feet @ 70% exceedance
Upper Klamath Lake Level: 4,142.67 feet
Upper Klamath Lake Inflow Seven-day Average: 5,500 cfs
Link River Releases: 4,010 cfs
Keno Releases: 6,040 cfs
Iron Gate Dam Releases: 7,440 cfs
Requirement for Wet Year Type in Biological Opinion: 2,050 cfs
Shasta River Flow: 547 cfs
Scott River Flow: 1,030cfs

Trinity River Basin – Extremely Wet Water Year (this is the highest classification)
Trinity River Releases - below Lewiston Dam: 2,180 cfs
Trinity River Flow - at Hoopa Gauge: 14,400 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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