Low Level Pumping
Key Features of how the operation would work
- The portable pumping unit(s), powered by electricity engines, would be located near the intake tower on the face of the Dam.
- During low demand periods 1 pumping unit will be sufficient. During higher demand periods a second unit will be needed.
- Steel piping into the Intake Tower (second level gates – 55 feet).
- Instrumentation to control the unit(s) from headquarters.
- The pumping unit(s) will be designed to match the rate of 1 or 2 pumps at Pumping Plant 1.
| Lake Meredith | |
| Current Depth (7-29-2010) |
43.22 feet |
| Current Volume (7-29-2010) |
58,382 acre feet |
| Record High (April 1973) | 101.85 feet |
| Record Low (7-29-2010) | 43.22 feet |
| Previous Low (6-24-2010) |
44.44 feet |
|
USGS Real-Time Lake Elevation (subtract 2813 feet from above link for lake depth) |
|
| Canadian River | |
| USGS Gauging Station North of Amarillo at US 287 | |
| USGS Gauging Station at Big Blue Creek | |
| NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service at US 287 | |