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Reservoir Monitoring Update

By January 5, 2019

TRWD staff continues to monitor conditions in the TRWD reservoir watersheds 24 hours a day.  The next chance for rain is this Thursday per the National Weather Service (NWS), see Graphic-1.  TRWD staff will continue to monitor this forecast as it develops over the next few days.   All TRWD reservoirs are above conservation, and discharges are being made to return them to conservation level.  Current lake levels can be viewed on the TRWD Home Page.  This will be the final post until conditions warrant an update. Please check back.

Graphic-1. NWS Guidance

*Lake Worth is owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth.  See City of Fort Worth news feed for updates on Lake Worth.

Please call the Flood Hotline for further information.

817-720-4296.

If prompted to leave a message, the flood monitor on duty will return your call within 30 minutes.

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 542.48 550.00 -7.52
Benbrook 690.69 694.00 -3.31
Bridgeport 828.51 836.00 -7.49
Cedar Creek 318.68 322.00 -3.32
Eagle Mountain 643.70 649.10 -5.40
Lake Worth 591.48 594.00 -2.52
Richland-Chambers 313.13 315.00 -1.87
*Conservation Level: The permitted level of water an entity is allowed to hold in a lake. Any amount above the conservation level is used for the temporary storage of flood waters and must be released downstream.
**Difference: Amount above or below conservation level.
For more information read our daily reports or the TRWD Lake Level Blog.

Check out the TRWD OneRain portal for a visualization of this information and more.

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