U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District
Red River Valley Association
COL Richard Pratt District Commander
November 19, 2014
® US Army Corps of Engineers
BUILDINGUS Army Corps STRONG of Engineers® BUILDING STRONG® Tulsa District Reservoir Drought Update – 13 November 2014
Skiatook 698.0 - 56% Cons Pool (water supply/water quality)
Heyburn Canton 759.8 - 65% Cons Pool 1602.1- 20% Cons Pool (water supply) (water supply for OKC only)
Waurika 933.3– 31% Cons Pool Legend (water supply)
Texoma - Drought Level I 610.4 – 64% Cons Pool - Drought Level II (water supply/hydro) - Drought Level III - Drought LevelUS Army IV Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG All Lakes are at Drought Level I and above 75% full unless® noted otherwise. Upper Red River
. Current Lake Levels of the Upper Red River include: ► Lake Texoma – 64% Total System Conservation Storage Utilized = 52.1% ► Waurika Lake – 31% ► Altus – 9% ► Lake Kemp – 26% ► Fort Cobb – 67% ► Foss – 39% ► Tom Steed – 20% ► Arbuckle – 70%
BUILDING STRONG® Tulsa District Drought
Issue
We are in a period of drought
Manage effects using Lake Drought Management Plans
Adhere to contractual agreements as dictated by law
Opportunity Texoma (Level 2) – If elevation 607’ is reached, notify SWPA to revise generation from rapid Encourage conservation response, short term peaking purposes to critical power needs Communicate with the public Canton (Level 3) - Prepare for degrading water quality Take advantage of maintenance opportunities Waurika (Level 3) – Provide access to remaining water supply Minimize Impacts Skiatook (Level 2) – Reevaluate water quality releases Protect fish habitats Heyburn (Level 2) – Initiate District Drought Management Committee
BUILDING STRONG® Waurika Lake
Current Situation
• Water supply for 250,000 (Fort Sill, Lawton, Duncan, Waurika, and others)
• Conservation pool at elevation 933.3 (down 18 feet)
• 31 % conservation pool
Water Intake Tower at Waurika Lake
Concerns Way Ahead
• Marina and courtesy docks on dry ground • Section 408 permit submittal to dredge channel and install new intake pipe • Impacts to local economy under review
• Sedimentation limiting access to remaining water supply storage
• Ability to provide water supply - Less than 2 yrs of storage remaining - Only 1 year of storage accessible
BUILDING STRONG® Lowest effective water intake level – EL 925.0
BUILDING STRONG® Lake Texoma Current Situation
• 54% of conservation storage for hydropower
• Water supply for North Texas Municipal Water District, Greater Texoma Utility Authority, Denison, Red River Authority of Texas and others
• At elevation, 610.4, 5 feet below normal (64% of conservation pool)
Concerns Way Ahead
• Courtesy docks and boat ramps on dry ground • Work with SWPA to minimize hydropower impacts to remaining pool • Legislated conservation at elevations 612 and 607 • Continue to review local dredging requests • Reduced ability to provide hydropower generation • December meeting with Texas Water • Reduced ability to provide water supply Development Board to discuss drought contingency plans
BUILDING STRONG® Lake Texoma - Pool Elevation Projections 2014 - 2015
Level 1 Median Inflow – Dash Lines Level 2
Historical Low Inflow – Solid Lines Level 3
Level 4 Record minimum pool elevation – 599.96 in 1957 Pool dropped below 607 10 times between 1952-1967
BUILDING STRONG Assumptions: Historical low inflow period Nov-Apr 1939-40, 2011 evaporation, current level water use® Pine Creek Dam Safety Objectives
• Modify dam to address dam safety and operational issues
• Improve emergency action planning (USACE and local)
• Return the dam to authorized operations (438.0)
• Allows USACE to look at the best uses of the project for the future
Contract Actions Public Outreach
• Bridge joint repair contract awarded September • Work with local officials on emergency planning 30, 2014 • Update local emergency contacts • Dam safety modification construction contract awarded November 17, 2014 • Public meeting in Valliant in July 2015
• Emergency table top exercise in Sep 2015
BUILDING STRONG® Salient Gradient Solar Ponds
Current Situation
• Truscott Reservoir has had approximately 200 tons of salt per day pumped to it since 1986
• Potential to pump approximately 500 tons of salt per day exists if Areas VII and X are constructed
• Truscott Dam would require upgrades to increase the in-flow to the reservoir
Opportunities Way Ahead
• USACE and Red River Authority of Texas are • Continue to support salient gradient solar partnering to explore opportunities for the brine ponds initiative at the Truscott Brine Lake. waters at Truscott • Process the Section 408 permit when • Salient gradient solar ponds is a proven submitted. technology for electricity production • Execute lease with Red River Association. •USACE understands there is active interest by potential investors; RRA is pursuing those opportunities
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BUILDING STRONG® Tulsa District
• Over 700 people
• Arkansas River and Red River Basins in Oklahoma, Southern Kansas and Northern Texas
• Major Missions of the Corps of Engineers • War Fighting • Navigation • Flood Control (Flood Risk Management) • Military Construction • Regulatory/Environmental • Homeland Security
BUILDING STRONG® Red River Basin Watershed Map
15 projects managed for flood risk - 7 Corps of Engineers Projects - 8 Projects owned by others 1 Chloride Control Project
BUILDING STRONG® Awarded FY2014 Non-Routine O&M Maintenance Projects •Broken Bow Lake
•Replace Unwatering System in Hydropower Plant - $1021k •Repair Penstock Expansion Joint and Paint Penstock $882k •Denison Dam, Lake Texoma •Replace Battery Chargers, Inverters, and Air Compressors $142k •Replace Two Flood Gates and Rehab Frames and Liners $3511k •Purchase Wire Rope $33k
BUILDING STRONG® Awarded FY2014 Non-Routine O&M Maintenance Projects •Hugo Lake
•Install Ground Source Heat Pump HVAC System at Project Office $245k •Sardis Lake •Install Ground Source Heat Pump HVAC System at Project Office $245k •Waurika Lake •Replace Restroom at Kiowa Park II with ADA Compliant CXT Restroom $42k
BUILDING STRONG® FY2015 President’s Budget Operations & Maintenance Project FY 15 Budget Broken Bow Lake, OK $3,275,000 Denison Dam, Lake Texoma, TX $11,224,000 and OK Hugo Lake, OK $1,828,000 Pine Creek Lake, OK $1,884,000 Sardis Lake, OK $1,039,000 Waurika Lake, Ok $1,173,000 Truscott $1,827,000 Estelline Springs, TX $40,000 Lake Kemp, TX $260,000 Pat Mayse Lake, TX $1,393,000 Insp Completed Works, TX $28,000 Scheduled Res Ops, TX $200,000
17 BUILDING STRONG® FY2015 Non-Routine O&M Maintenance Projects •Broken Bow Lake
•Investigate Conditions to Seal Diversion Tunnel •Analyze and Construct New Gate Closure System (FY14 carryover funded) •Denison Dam, Lake Texoma •Replace One Flood Gate and Rehab Two Emergency Gates •Update GIS Map Data for Project Master Plan (FY14 carryover funded) •Hugo Lake •Construct Bulkhead Dry Dock (FY14 carryover funded)
BUILDING STRONG® FY2015 Non-Routine O&M Maintenance Projects •Pat Mayse Lake
•Seal Leaks in Discharge Conduit •Revise Project Master Plan •Pine Creek Lake •Repair Spillway Bridge Deck Joints •Conduct Cultural Resources Survey •Waurika Lake •Review Section 408 Permit Application (FY14 carryover funded)
BUILDING STRONG® Red River Chloride Control
Salton Canyon & Elm Fork
Kaiser Canyon & Elm Fork
BUILDING STRONG® Previously Studied Alternative
BUILDING STRONG® Area VI, Elm Fork of the Red River, OK Reevaluation Effort
Current Situation PICTURE • Area VI Reevaluation Feasibility Study Draft Report has been published on the US Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District website
• The Area VI effort is planned to be completed using the 3x3x3 model (3 years, $3M, 3 levels of USACE) elicited in civil works transformation
• Recent guidance requires a non-federal cost share partner
Concerns Way Ahead
• Identification of a non-federal cost share partner • Identify a non-federal cost share partner
• Funding once a partner is identified • Host a charette and partnering session with the non-federal cost share partner to establish schedule and budget milestones needed in order to maintain the 3x3x3 model and complete the Reevaluation effort
BUILDING STRONG® Solar Pond
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BUILDING STRONG® Water Resources Reform and Development Act 2014 Tulsa District
Sec 2011 COE Lock and Dam Energy Development
• Amends Sec 117 of WRDA 86 on W.D. Mayo L&D for Cherokee Nation hydropower
Sec 4004 Arkansas River
• MKARNS Advisory Committee
Sec 4012 Red River Basin
• Reassign unused irrigation storage
Sec 6005 (c) Land Conveyances
• Tulsa Port of Catoosa
BUILDING STRONG ® For more information contact:
Louie Holstead, Waurika Lake Manager, 580-963-2111
Mark Ellison, Red River Area Operations Manager, 903-465-4990
Dawn Rice, Project Manager (Pine Creek Dam Safety; Salient Gradient Solar Ponds), 918-669-7249
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