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Re: Tentative 2006 Cheoah Release Schedule Announced! by Michael B Lewis ( Louie) (email)

Contributed 07/06/2005  Responses:  2

: The new Cheoah hydropower license was released today and the news is good: scheduled releases begin next year! I'll leave it to Rod and AW to say more, but here is the tentative schedule:
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: February 8 (Wednesday): 1,000 cfs
: February 9 (Thursday): too low for boating
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: March 21 (Tuesday): 1,000 cfs
: March 22 (Wednesday): too low for boating
: March 23 (Thursday): too low for boating
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: April 1 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: April 2 (Sunday): 850 cfs
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: April 8 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: April 9 (Sunday): 850 cfs
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: April 15 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: April 16 (Sunday): 850 cfs
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: May 6 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: May 7 (Sunday): 850 cfs
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: May 27 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: May 28 (Sunday): 850 cfs
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: June 3 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: June 4 (Sunday): 850 cfs
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: October 1 (Sunday): 1,000 cfs
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: November 1 (Wednesday): 1,000 cfs
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: -- Chris

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Too low to boat? by Michael Lewis ( Louie ) (email)

Contributed 07/06/2005  Responses:  1

What do you call too low for boating? I don't have any ideal what level we have run it at but I've been on it when I've known it was under 800 cfs and it was low but still doable, very doable. You know that river wide ledge kinda close to the bottom well the water wasn't all the way over it and there was a line down the left and a creek line on the right. That creek ain't much wider than Tellico and it damn sure don't take no 800 to make Tellico runnable. Just how many time have you all run it and at what levels?



: : The new Cheoah hydropower license was released today and the news is good: scheduled releases begin next year! I'll leave it to Rod and AW to say more, but here is the tentative schedule:
: :
: : February 8 (Wednesday): 1,000 cfs
: : February 9 (Thursday): too low for boating
: :
: : March 21 (Tuesday): 1,000 cfs
: : March 22 (Wednesday): too low for boating
: : March 23 (Thursday): too low for boating
: :
: : April 1 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: : April 2 (Sunday): 850 cfs
: :
: : April 8 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: : April 9 (Sunday): 850 cfs
: :
: : April 15 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: : April 16 (Sunday): 850 cfs
: :
: : May 6 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: : May 7 (Sunday): 850 cfs
: :
: : May 27 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: : May 28 (Sunday): 850 cfs
: :
: : June 3 (Saturday): 1,000 cfs
: : June 4 (Sunday): 850 cfs
: :
: : October 1 (Sunday): 1,000 cfs
: :
: : November 1 (Wednesday): 1,000 cfs
: :
: : -- Chris

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Re: Too low to boat? by Chris Bell (email)

Contributed 08/07/2005  Responses:  0

: What do you call too low for boating? I don't have any ideal what level we have run it at but I've been on it when I've known it was under 800 cfs and it was low but still doable, very doable. You know that river wide ledge kinda close to the bottom well the water wasn't all the way over it and there was a line down the left and a creek line on the right. That creek ain't much wider than Tellico and it damn sure don't take no 800 to make Tellico runnable. Just how many time have you all run it and at what levels?

I ran it at the four test releases July 12-14, 2000. In my opinion, the lowest level we ran that was worth running was 670 cfs, or 4.15 feet. Someone (Wayner?) posted to BoaterTalk that it was OK down to 600 cfs (4.0 feet). Someone else posted that it could be run down to 3.6 feet. I don't know what this correlates to in feet, but the "too low to run" releases were 300 cfs. Feel free to run them at that level and report back to the rest of us.

On the final schedule, one of the 300 cfs releases (March 22) is now listed as 600 cfs and the other (March 23) isn't listed. Perhaps AW isn't bothering to list it and you'll still have your chance to test it for us!

-- Chris

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