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Reservoir Monitoring Update

By December 8, 2018

TRWD staff continues to monitor conditions in the TRWD reservoir watersheds.  Rainfall continues across the TRWD watersheds, see Graphic-1 for 48-hour rainfall totals.  Rainfall is expected to begin tapering off later this evening, see National Weather Service (NWS) guidance in Graphic-2.

Discharges continue at Richland-Chambers and were initiated yesterday at Cedar Creek.  There is also a small amount of discharge over the Eagle Mountain spillway, but there are no gates or valves open currently.  There is no discharge at Bridgeport at this time.  Reservoir levels and inflows will continue to be monitored and discharges adjusted accordingly to maintain the reservoirs at a safe operating level with consideration to downstream conditions.

Current conditions at TRWD reservoirs are shown below.  TRWD staff will be monitoring conditions 24 hours a day.   Please be advised that forecasts are subject to change and TRWD reservoir operations are based on observed rainfall conditions.  Additional updates will be provided here if conditions dictate, please check back.

Graphic-1. 48-Hour Observed Rainfall

Graphic-2. NWS Guidance

*Lake Worth owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth.  See City of Fort Worth news feed for updates on Lake Worth.

Please call the Flood Hotline for further information.

817-720-4296.

If prompted to leave a message, the flood monitor on duty will return your call within 30 minutes.

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 550.19 550.00 0.19
Benbrook 696.00 694.00 2.00
Bridgeport 820.87 836.00 -15.13
Cedar Creek 322.29 322.00 0.29
Eagle Mountain 644.69 649.10 -4.41
Lake Worth 591.16 594.00 -2.84
Richland-Chambers 315.66 315.00 0.66
*Conservation Level: The permitted level of water an entity is allowed to hold in a lake. Any amount above the conservation level is used for the temporary storage of flood waters and must be released downstream.
**Difference: Amount above or below conservation level.
For more information read our daily reports or the TRWD Lake Level Blog.

Check out the TRWD OneRain portal for a visualization of this information and more.

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