Water releases for Memorial day. It doesnt look good.

[Ladsm]

I dont know what the Feds are up to but they are letting the water flow outta Davis Dam at 5 units all week then it looks like they are shutting off the valve for Memorial weekend. 2 Units is shallow getting down to Needles.

 

[Riverryder]

The faster they empty mead the faster they can scared more people!

 

[TPC]

100 year old dam with seepage issues never brought up.

 

[CoolCruzin]

100 year old dam with seepage issues never brought up.

That’s a scary thought .

 

[TrollerDave]

That’s for the people that leave their stuff on the beach. It gives them enough time to get there so it doesn’t float away because it was unattended.

 

[Activated]

Newsroom | Bureau of Reclamation

Bureau of Reclamation

www.usbr.gov

 

[TPC]

Parker strip has the weir. That's a BFD to the level control.
Hold that thought.

 

[Ladsm]

Newsroom | Bureau of Reclamation

Bureau of Reclamation

www.usbr.gov

Ugh, wasting our water for flies!!!

 

[Shane54]

Looks like they have updated the site since then. Lowest release for Friday is 3 gates.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

Public Service Announcement - Leave your easy-ups up low on the shore for the weekend

 

[Tank]

They did that fly larva thing before. Shut got pretty dry up river. Great planning to do this on a holiday weekend.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

I am guessing this will make the mouth of the river where it meets up with Havasu pretty low as well. Sea Tow and Vessel Assist are going to be busy.

 

[c_land]

Those release amounts aren't ideal for boating a weekend like memorial day, but recreation is pretty low on the list of considerations when scheduling the releases.

 

[RiverDave]

The river was as high as I've ever seen it this last weekend.. The beach tables at pirates were in the water!! Normally there's is 20+ feet of beach to them.

RD

 

[Ladsm]

Looks like they have updated the site since then. Lowest release for Friday is 3 gates.

They sure did, Thats all the water I need to get through to Needles

 

[02HoWaRd26]

Yea this past weekend was too high, tons of debris floating down. Saw two logs, my nieces thought were alligator’s, that could really ruin someone’s weekend.

 

[Singleton]

The river was as high as I've ever seen it this last weekend.. The beach tables at pirates were in the water!! Normally there's is 20+ feet of beach to them.

RD

Fudge. All that nice sand most likely got washed away