For immediate release: 5/17/10

At 10:00 AM on Monday, May 17:

• Grand Lake elevation was 746.83 feet. Daily target elevation for May 17 is 743.00 feet.
  
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, ten (10) floodgates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 37,100 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
  
• Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,866 cfs of water through generation.
  
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 50,966 cfs.
  
• Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 33,737 cfs.

• Lake Hudson elevation was 620.67 feet. Normal elevation is 619 feet.
  
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, two (2) floodgates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam, discharging 24,093 cfs of water.
  
• Three (3) units were online at Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse releasing 22,140 cfs of water through generation.
  
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 46,233 cfs.
  
• Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 53,361 cfs.