| High Seneca Flow Release Scenarios Description | ||||||||
| Run ID | Month | Flows Released at Canyon Dam Low-elevation Gate (cfs) | Flows from Caribous (cfs) | Flows into Belden Reservoir (cfs) | % of 19 ēC Temperature Exceedance at Belden Dam | Presentation | Remark | |
| A1 | July | 60 | SA | SA | 18% | Presented on 3/4/05 | base case with blending at CD | |
| Aug. | 60 | SA | SA | 0% | ||||
| D1* | July | 400 | SA-340 | SA | 90% | Presented on 3/4/05 | Met Western Canal Contract, overshoot July and under- for Aug. | |
| Aug. | 400 | SA-340 | SA | 30% | ||||
| D2 | July | 200 | SA-140 | SA | 50% | Presented on 3/4/05 | met WCC, basis to design Run D3 | |
| Aug. | 400 | SA-340 | SA | 30% | ||||
| D3 | July | 200 | SA-400 | SA-260 | 70% | Presented on 3/28/05 | failed WCC unless 2 ft drop in June. | |
| Aug. | 400 | SA-800 | SA-460 | 70% | ||||
| D4 | July | 200 | SA-140 | SA | 50% | from previous runs | met WCC | |
| Aug. | 500 | SA-440 | SA | 50% | ||||
| D5 | July | 275 | SA-215 | SA | 70% | Completed on 4/05/05 | met WCC | |
| Aug. | 575 | SA-515 | SA | 70% | ||||
| D6 | July | 200 | SA-900 | SA-760 | 90% | Completed on 4/05/06 | worse than Run D3. Not proceeded to downstream models | |
| Aug. | 400 | SA-1200 | SA-860 | 90% | ||||
| SA | Settlement Agreement of 2004 | |||||||
| * | based on the 33-year MITEMP simulation run. All other runs assummed a mass balance with temperatures obtained from Run D1 | |||||||
| makeup of Seneca water | ||||||||
| 260 | July | 22.50% | 58.5 | 201.5 | ||||
| 460 | Aug | 37.50% | 172.5 | 287.5 | ||||