Lake Level Blog

Reservoir Monitoring Update

By July 1, 2020

TRWD continues to monitor reservoir conditions 24 hours a day.  Currently Bridgeport and Eagle Mountain are making flood discharges.  The Cedar Creek and Richland-Chambers spillways remain closed.  Later this morning, the discharge rate at Eagle Mountain will be reduced to 250 cfs.  Additional updates to flood discharges will be posted here.

No measurable rainfall at the TRWD reservoirs yesterday.  Another hot and dry day is expected today.  This trend should continue into the weekend.  The holiday weekend outlook is showing high temperatures with a chance for scattered showers to the east.   National Weather Service (NWS) guidance is shown below in Graphic-1 and Graphic-2.   Please continue to follow the NWS and the River Forecast Center (RFC) for the latest information regarding the weather and river conditions, respectively.

Please be advised that forecasts and projections are subject to change, and TRWD reservoir operations are based on observed rainfall conditions.  Next update will come tomorrow morning.  Please check back.

Graphic-1. NWS Wednesday Guidance

 

Graphic-2. NWS Weekend Guidance

**Benbrook Lake is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  ***See Benbrook Lake Home Page for current discharge. *Lake Worth is owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth.  See the 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 message within 30 minutes.

Posted by CO.

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 551.69 550.00 1.69
Benbrook 695.03 694.00 1.03
Bridgeport 838.13 836.00 2.13
Cedar Creek 322.22 322.00 0.22
Eagle Mountain 647.17 649.10 -1.93
Lake Worth 593.57 594.00 -0.43
Richland-Chambers 315.99 315.00 0.99

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*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.

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