Early Wednesday morning the flow of the Green River through the city of Green River rapidly increased. Flows of 800 cubic feet per second (cfs) for the past several months jumped unexpectedly to 3400 cfs about 4 A.M. yesterday….a four fold volume increase.

The Joint Powers water plant reported that the Bureau of Reclamation, the agency that controls Fontenelle Dam, explained the increased flows were the result of unscheduled maintenance. Several calls to the Bureau by TRN Media resulted in no further explanation. We were simply told that their media people had been furloughed and they were operating with a minimum staff due to the government shutdown.

No further details were offered by the Bureau, but it appears the release caught everyone off guard. The water plant reported flows decrea

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