The water level is below the foot of the weir, I believe. That’s a big help.
The sooner that they are able to clear the channel from the dam back to where the spillway comes into the river (it’s “dammed” up by debris and silt), the sooner they can start generating again which will allow some 18000 cfs of water to flow through the dam.
The gained CFM from from the dam is just below the reduction in spillway CFM they need to dredge... channel better stay clear longer than the dredging takes else it is a net negative even with the extra 18k online.
Scanner: Crews ordered off the spill way as they will begin cutting wires in 40 minutes.
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