Nimbus Dam releasing 25,000 Cubic Feet per Second
Ten gates are open along with the hydro plant and the USGS site says the dam was passing 25,000 cfs into the Lower American River when I took this shot. Flows are released by Folsom Dam upstream, Nimbus Dam is a regulating reservoir for the intake to the Folsom South Canal. The reservoir only has about 8,650 acre feet of storage. At these flows, the reservoir would fill up (from completely empty) in about 4 hours. Flows have been ramped down from a high of 36,000 cfs in advance of the next storm to provide some buffer in downstream channels. We've had a lot of rain since mid December and the storm train is still knocking on our door. We'll see what happens after tomorrow when a really large storm is due to arrive.
Nimbus Dam releasing 25,000 Cubic Feet per Second
Ten gates are open along with the hydro plant and the USGS site says the dam was passing 25,000 cfs into the Lower American River when I took this shot. Flows are released by Folsom Dam upstream, Nimbus Dam is a regulating reservoir for the intake to the Folsom South Canal. The reservoir only has about 8,650 acre feet of storage. At these flows, the reservoir would fill up (from completely empty) in about 4 hours. Flows have been ramped down from a high of 36,000 cfs in advance of the next storm to provide some buffer in downstream channels. We've had a lot of rain since mid December and the storm train is still knocking on our door. We'll see what happens after tomorrow when a really large storm is due to arrive.