Lake Granby is spilling. The water release is part of the Coordinated Reservoirs Operations Program, an effort to help endangered fish near Grand Junction, CO.
The releases at Lake Granby (headwaters area of Colorado River) started at 1,000 cubic feet per second (7,480 gals/sec) and will increase to 1,800 cfs (13,465 gals/sec).
Similar water releases from Green Mountain, Williams Fork and Wolford Mountain reservoirs have been increased as well.
Normal operations will resume around June 10th.
The high flows are causing minor flooding in the Granby area and down stream in Hot Sulphur Springs.
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