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Reservoir Report 23-Mar-2008
Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company
Reservoir Current
Water
Elevation
Current
Storage
(MCF)
Storage
Gain
(MCF)
Storage
Loss
(MCF)
Gates (Inches)
G: Gate
O: Overflow
Lac Vieux Desert 1680.16 155     1.0
Twin Lakes 1681.26 108     2.0
Buckatapon 1639.38 37   1 G: 7.0, O: 0.0
Long-on-Deerskin 1696.84 103     1.0
Little Deerskin 1640.90 5   0 21.0
Seven Mile 1647.85 42 0   1.0
Nine Mile 1640.65 27   12 4.0
Burnt Rollways 1623.05 20 20   1.0
Sugar Camp 1594.00 130     1.0
Little St. Germain 1612.70 28 1   3.0
Big St. Germain 1588.56 27   7 16.0,6.0
Pickerel 1588.10 193   4 8.0
Rainbow 1579.80 175   91 23.0
North Pelican 1566.60 0     12.0
South Pelican 1590.72 112   6 18.0
Minocqua 1583.44 182   5 8.0
Squirrel 1563.28 55 1   3.5
Willow 1517.43 583   62 16.0,8.0
Rice 1454.10 311   72 28.0
Spirit 1426.39 82   10 3.0
Upper System Summary      
Total   2,375 22 270  
Net Change       248  
Percent in Storage   18.29%      
           
Eau Pleine 1128.80 943 14   4.0
Entire System Summary
Total   3,318 36 270  
Net Change       234  
Percent in Storage   19.02%      
Weekly Average Flow Analysis
  Merrill Wisconsin Rapids
  MCF Ave. CFS MCF Ave. CFS
Gain in Storage        
Loss in Storage 248 410 234 387
Regulated Flow   1,454   2,053
Net Used Release 248 410 234 387
Natural Flow   1,044   1,666
Average Precipitation This Week in Inches of Water
  Week's Year to Date
Area   Ave. Observed Normal Departure
Upper System Last Year 0.52 2.41 3.34 -0.93
  This Year 0.17 2.15 3.34 -1.19
Lower System Last Year 0.36 2.49 3.42 -0.93
  This Year 0.25 2.87 3.42 -0.55
Entire System Last Year 0.46 2.45 3.37 -0.92
  This Year 0.20 2.43 3.37 -0.94
10-Year Storage Comparison
  Upper Entire
Year System System
1999 3,078 4,387
2000 6,600 9,015
2001 2,082 3,242
2002 4,760 8,540
2003 3,980 6,322
2004 3,515 4,482
2005 2,704 4,179
2006 2,797 4,506
2007 3,732 7,064
2008 2,375 3,318