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Roundtable: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Forecasting and Planning
Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 3:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT
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Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Forecasting and Planning: Information and Techniques for Addressing Multiple Management Objectives and Variable Conditions

River Management Roundtable
May 10 | 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. ET
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)'s Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Division operates three storage reservoirs on the Tuolumne River system in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in central California. The primary water storage reservoir is Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, which provides approximately 85% of the SFPUC annual water supply. Management objectives include: 1) meeting minimum environmental release standards, 2) safe operation of the dam and reservoir, 3) satisfying year-round water delivery demands, 4) producing power generation with excess available water and 5) scheduling valve releases to mitigate environmental impacts downstream on the Tuolumne River. Although these objectives can sometimes be at odds with one another, forecasting and planning techniques can be leveraged to optimally manage natural inflows. Forecasting and planning occurs on various time scales, ranging from daily to seasonally, with the frequency of updates sometimes dependent on changing weather regimes. This talk will provide an overview of the reservoir system and will focus on techniques and strategies that the SFPUC uses for management of variable river runoff in a mountain watershed.

Presenter

Reggie Walters Reggie Walters is a Water Operations Analyst with Hetch Hetchy Water & Power, division of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. He's been with the agency since June 2018, before which he worked in water resources at Idaho Power Company in Boise, ID. He holds master’s degree in Hydrologic Science from Boise State University.

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