Thermal Release Request

On behalf of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, we request an enhanced release from Cannonsville Reservoir for the purpose of thermal mitigation in the mainstem Delaware River in accordance with the 2017 Flexible Flow Management Program.

Tomorrow’s forecast at Hancock, NY is a high air temperature of 86 ^OF and mostly sunny with a low tonight of 64 ^OF.

About 2,000 cfs-days remain in the FFMP2017 Thermal Mitigation Bank at the time of this request. No directed release is expected for the Montague Flow Objective.

Cannonsville Reservoir Requested Ramping Schedule

July 2

Time	Beginning Flow (cfs)	Ending Flow (cfs)	Loss/Gain (cfs)
4:00 PM	460	700	+240
The ramp-up should be two steps beginning at 3:00 PM

July 3

Time	Beginning Flow (cfs)	Ending Flow (cfs)	Loss/Gain (cfs)
4:00 AM	700	550	-150
Based on the current forecast it’s likely that a release enhancement will be requested tomorrow as well. Please maintain an enhanced release of 550 cfs from 5:00 AM July 3rd until 4:00 PM July 3rd or until the design is completed tomorrow. Ramp-down should be two steps beginning at 4:00 AM.