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Introduction

The calendars below describe the "whitewater recreational releases" tentatively scheduled for the Hiawassee River below Apalachia Dam in 2014.  Note that by passing your cursor over the colored calendar cells the release information will appear in a pop-up text window.

Gage Information

Scheduled releases ordinarily occur every weekend from May to October and every weekday from the last week of May to Labor Day.  The weekend July 4 and Labor Day releases are preceeded by one hour one generator releases while the weekday releases are preceeded by one hour releases of at least one generator.  One generator releases (750-1250 cfs) provide enough water to scrape down the river but two generator releases (2400-2900 cfs) are preferred.  It takes about 15 minutes from the start of the release at the Powerhouse to arrive at the put-in.  Additional information on flows may be found on the Hiwassee Chapter of Trout Unlimited's Hiwassee River / Apalachia Tailwater Flow Information Page.

Notes

The TVA provides a printable Hiawassee release calendar.  To print it you'll need a copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Note that the TVA calendar lists "minimum flow only" releases;  these are fishing flows, too low for boating.

2014 Apalachia Dam Whitewater Recreational Release Schedule

Release Legend:

2 generators from 11am to 3pm2 generators from 11am to 7pm

Release Calendars

May 2014
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
        1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
June 2014
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          
July 2014
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    
August 2014
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
          1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31            
September 2014
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
  1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30        
October 2014
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
      1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  

Release Legend:

2 generators from 11am to 3pm2 generators from 11am to 7pm