DBS posted on May 13, 2008 04:31

RED BLUFF -- Gates at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam are set to drop Thursday, forming the seasonal lake that is home to a huge jet boat drag race at the end of the month.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is increasing flows down the Sacramento River this week from Lake Shasta to fill Lake Red Bluff, said Larry Ball, operations chief for the bureau's Northern California Area Office.
"It's putting a slug of water that fills Lake Red Bluff and doesn't impact flows downstream," he said.
Starting Wednesday afterNoon, flows from Keswick Dam -- which regulates releases from Shasta Dam -- will be ramped up to 12,250 cubic feet per second from 8,250 cfs, according to a bureau chart. By Friday morning flows will be down to 8,600 cfs.
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