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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1851684" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>There was a lot of reservoirs built around here in the 30's to catch the run off from the winter snows. The one up stream in my river is medium small in size compared to others. It holds about 25,000 acre feet when full like it is now. There is still run off coming into the reservoir and he is releasing what ever is coming down. It will be mid June before he starts releasing stored water. Right now he is dumping 200 cfs. That works out to just under 200 acre inches an hour. So we are irrigating with extra water runoff.</p><p>The Owyhee reservoir (that is how they spelled and pronounced Hawaii back in the early 1800's) is by far the biggest. The dam was actually a test plot for methods used to build the Hoover dam. And it is reported that the head engineer went from the Owyhee to build the Grand Coulee. Interesting story how the Owyhee River and them the reservoir got its name but that is a different subject for another time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1851684, member: 498"] There was a lot of reservoirs built around here in the 30's to catch the run off from the winter snows. The one up stream in my river is medium small in size compared to others. It holds about 25,000 acre feet when full like it is now. There is still run off coming into the reservoir and he is releasing what ever is coming down. It will be mid June before he starts releasing stored water. Right now he is dumping 200 cfs. That works out to just under 200 acre inches an hour. So we are irrigating with extra water runoff. The Owyhee reservoir (that is how they spelled and pronounced Hawaii back in the early 1800's) is by far the biggest. The dam was actually a test plot for methods used to build the Hoover dam. And it is reported that the head engineer went from the Owyhee to build the Grand Coulee. Interesting story how the Owyhee River and them the reservoir got its name but that is a different subject for another time. [/QUOTE]
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