Here’s what it looked like at Norfork Dam today. Each gate is open a half of a foot. The total spillway and hydropower release is just above 10,000 cubic feet per second. This is a non-damaging release. The peak rainfall runoff from Tropical Storm Cristobal poured into the reservoir around 32,000 c.f.s. Without the dam, flows downstream would be roughly 3 times higher. Six White River Basin lakes are operated together as a system to reduce the frequency and severity of floods. These lakes are Be

Here’s what it looked like today at Norfork Dam, where we are currently releasing 9,500 cubic feet per second. Our lakes are designed and operated to reduce flooding and are operating as intended. However, the lakes cannot prevent all flooding because they have limitations that can be exceeded by extreme events. Our lakes do reduce the frequency of floods, and when floods do occur they are not as severe as they would have been without the dams. But, there will still be occasions when significant