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	Name:	farmerdave -
	Subject:	Rising Water Level
	Date:	3/10/2011 6:00:09 PM

Here is the reply I got back today from Alabama Power for my question to them about the forecast of 519 ft:

We have revised the forecast peak elevation to 516 to occur around 3/12/11. The projection may also be revised further as hydrologic conditions change. You can get up to date information at https://lakes.alabamapower.com .

The reason we are not making significant releases today from Smith is because we operate for flood control under the authority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. According to those procedures, we release a specific volume of water based not only on the Smith lake elevation but also on the elevation of the river at downstream Cordova. The necessity for flood control operations is normally determined by stages at the Cordova gage, located at the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad bridge on Mulberry Fork at the town of Cordova, 27 miles downstream from Smith Dam. The gage is owned by the Corps.

Once the elevation at the Cordova gage recedes to specified levels, we will continue to implement our flood control procedures and make more substantial releases from Smith according to those procedures to empty the flood pool.

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