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Water Data Update – As of May 29, 2007

Bureau of Reclamation

Water Year Type (Year Types are set according to total inflow and do not reflect current conditions)
Upper Klamath Lake: Below Average

Klamath River: Below Average

Additional Information

Snowpack Basin-wide Percent of Average: 3 %

Upper Klamath Lake April-September 30th

Stream Flow Forecast: 331,600 acre-feet at 50-percent exceedance

Klamath River Flow Forecast: 316,400 acre-feet at 70-percent exceedance

Upper Klamath Lake Level: 4,142.68 feet

Upper Klamath Lake Inflow 7-day Average: 1,049 cubic feet per second (cfs)

Link River Releases: 1,640 cfs

Keno Releases: 943 cfs

Iron Gate Dam Releases: 1,420 cfs

Requirement May for Below Average Type in Biological Opinion: 1,400 cfs

Shasta River Flow: 71 cfs

Scott River Flow: 342 cfs

Klamath River at Klamath, CA: 9,420 cfs

Trinity River Basin – Dry Water Year (This year classification was set according to total inflow and does not
reflect current conditions.)

Trinity River Releases – below Lewiston Dam: 1,510 cfs

Trinity River Flow – at Hoopa Gauge: 3,100 cfs

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

For more information, please visit: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/operations/water/index.html

Please contact: Paul Gregory, Klamath Basin Area Office, 541-880-2562, pgregory@mp.usbr.gov

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