From email from Reclamation (Susan Novak Behery):
The Bureau of Reclamation is continuing the ramp-down from the 2023 Spring Peak Release. The current release is 1,200 cfs. The next release changes are shown in the table below.
Date Day Time Release (cfs) 6/23/2023 Fri 4:00 AM 900 6/24/2023 Sat 4:00 AM 700 6/25/2023 Sun no change 700 6/26/2023 Mon 4:00 AM 500 6/27/2023 Tue no change 500 Areas in the immediate vicinity of the river channel may continue to be unstable and dangerous. Please use extra caution near the river channel and protect or remove any valuable property in these areas.
Following ramp-down, summer releases will be made for the authorized purposes of the Navajo Unit, and to attempt to maintain a target base flow through the endangered fish critical habitat reach of the San Juan River (Farmington to Lake Powell). The San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program recommends a target base flow of between 500 cfs and 1,000 cfs through the critical habitat area. The target base flow is calculated as the weekly average of gaged flows throughout the critical habitat area from Farmington to Lake Powell.
For more information, please see the following resources below:
Bureau of Reclamation:
• Susan Behery, Hydrologic Engineer, Reclamation WCAO (sbehery@usbr.gov or 970-385-6560).
• Navajo Dam website: https://www.usbr.gov/uc/water/crsp/cs/nvd.html
• Navajo Dam Release Notices: https://www.usbr.gov/uc/wcao/water/rsvrs/notice/nav_rel.html
• Colorado River Basin Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/coloradoriverbasin