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Commissioners direct staff to match Georgetown Lake inflow and outflow while at full pool
Summary
Dam tender reported Georgetown Lake at full pool; commissioners voted to match inflows and outflows and to reduce releases if pool drops below full pool, while continuing coordination with agencies.
The Georgetown Lake dam tender, Paul T, reported the reservoir had reached full pool and recommended keeping the current release rate. "We're barely going over the spillway," Paul said, and he advised leaving releases unchanged while matching inflow and outflow. Commissioners moved, seconded and approved direction to match inflow and outflow and to reduce releases once the lake drops below full pool.
Why it matters: matching inflow and outflow at full pool is a short-term operational decision that affects downstream flows, reservoir levels and agency coordination on recreational and safety concerns.
Next steps: staff will continue to monitor inflow/outflow rates and coordinate with Fish, Wildlife & Parks and other agencies as needed; the board will revisit release levels if pool elevations change.
"As soon as it gets to like maybe 0.45, then we go down," Paul said, describing the threshold for reducing releases.
