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Went up to the Moutain Green Exit yesterday to fish. The waterflows had gone from 50 cfs to 650 fps. A couple picking up rocks told me a fisherman almost drowned trying to get back across the river. They showed me a 20 ft. log that was caught below the bridge that almost hit him. Who controls the water? They are going to drown someone.
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thats echo dam for ya. but that should be the end of that. the flows should be damn near non exsistant now
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Real Time Data shows that Echo was shut off yesterday.
Displayed flows for 10/15 and 16 are at 1.2 cfs.
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Look at Gateway. Where does the water come from?
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I just emailed the USGS to find where the peak (650 CFS) Gateway water came from. When I receive a response I will post it.
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The canal company that supplies our pressurized irrigation system started depressurizing the system on 10/15. I suspect they quit taking water out of the Weber at that point. It could have been a combination of shutting down that intake below Morgan while the flow from Echo was still at the level to supply it. That would have caused a head of water to move down the river with the flow behind it at a much higher level.

Leechman
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