Libby Dam discharge to increase

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Libby Dam discharge to increase
Discharges to reach reservoir flood control target elevation
November 14, 2005
The Corps of Engineers plans to increase discharge from Libby Dam early Monday morning, November 14, from current outflow of approximately 9,900 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 19,800 cfs (from two turbines to four turbines) in 4 hourly increments.

Outflows are scheduled to remain at approximately 19,800 cfs through November to target the end-of-November reservoir flood control target elevation of 2435 feet. Current elevation is approximately 2445 feet.

Real time elevation, temperature, inflow and outflow data for the Kootenai River can be found online at the websites below:
http://www.nwd-wc.usace.army.mil/nws/hh/basins/koot.html (real time data)
http://www.nwd-wc.usace.army.mil/perl/dataquery.pl (historical data)

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