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Name:	wix -	Reply
Subject:	PF
Date:	3/12/2010 12:19:04 PM

Have you read the Martin Dam license for operation? Do you know that downstream farmers lost an appeal of a suit against AL Power to the AL Supreme Court and the Court stated that the license did not include flood control as a purpose? The power company will retain water when it can, but that is not the purpose of the lake. BTW, the flood gates are open now.

Name:	dmp -	Reply
Subject:	PF
Date:	3/12/2010 1:51:50 PM

Anybody know how many gates are open?

Name:	Maverick -	Reply
Subject:	PF
Date:	3/12/2010 3:00:27 PM

Per APCO website

Tentative Schedule for Turbine Operation

Date Start Hour Number of Units
3/12/2010 12:00 AM 4
3/13/2010 12:00 AM 4
3/14/2010 12:00 AM 4

Name:	Webmaster -	Reply
Subject:	PF
Date:	3/12/2010 3:49:50 PM

The Turbine operation, although maybe high, doesn't have anything to do with what is going through the gates as the gates are an overflow mechanism.

Name:	dmp -	Reply
Subject:	PF
Date:	3/12/2010 4:00:59 PM

Exactly. My question was about flood gates not turbines.

I figure about 2 gates based on the release of ~23,600 CFS (cubic feet/sec.) ; at close to full pool 4 turbines only (no gates) equates to about 16,000 CFS and if memory serves me each gate is about 4,000 CFS (at close to full pool).

Name:	Maverick -	Reply
Subject:	PF
Date:	3/12/2010 4:10:58 PM

Article on homepage says: (does not state how many though)

Because of this week’s abnormally heavy rains, Alabama Power plans to open spillway gates at Martin Dam on the Tallapoosa River today.

Name:	dmp -	Reply
Subject:	PF
Date:	3/12/2010 4:32:55 PM

I was just curious if anybody had ridden behind the dam on 50 and had a count on spill gates. Just wondering. :)

Name:	DirtDiva -	Reply
Subject:	One Spillway gAte
Date:	3/12/2010 6:57:57 PM

The article in the Dadeville paper dated today says AP is planning to open one gate.

Name:	D-dub -	Reply
Subject:	Dam info
Date:	3/13/2010 10:54:34 AM

I pulled up the dam road and parked by the dam fence. I saw one dam flood gate opened.

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