Clear Lake close to being full, Cache Creek Dam releases begin

[WB Staff]

From Lake County News

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – With Clear Lake approaching its full mark, officials on Wednesday began releasing water from the Cache Creek Dam.

The California-Nevada River Forecast Center is forecasting Clear Lake to reach the full level – 7.56 feet Rumsey – this weekend, due to continuing storms.

The National Weather Service is forecasting several inches of rain will fall on Lake County from Thursday into next week.

With continued high flow levels anticipated to continue through next week, early releases will help keep Clear Lake levels closer to full level and reduce potential flood impacts, Lake County Water Resources reported.

Water Resources reported that at approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District – which holds the main water rights to Clear Lake – began releasing water from Cache Creek Dam.

Releases will be gradually increased depending on actual lake levels and forecasts. It is possible that full flood releases will occur by this weekend, Water Resources said.

Because of the limited flow capacity of the Cache Creek Outlet Channel, full flood releases when Clear Lake is full is only 2,500 cubic feet per second, which will reduce the rise in Clear Lake by approximately 1.5 inches per day, officials said.

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[Otay Michael]

That's so cool.
It was so low at Christmas.