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Delta Cross Channel Gates Open for Memorial Day Weekend
Media Contact:
Jeffrey McCracken, 916-978-5100, 05/22/2008 22:45
For Release: May 22, 2008
The Bureau of Reclamation will open the Delta Cross Channel Gates (DCC) during the Memorial Day weekend beginning 10 a.m. on Friday, May 23, 2008. Boat traffic will be allowed through the gates from 11 a.m. on Friday through the Memorial Day weekend until 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 . The DCC is a controlled diversion channel on the Sacramento River about 30 miles south of Sacramento that diverts water from the river into a branch of the Mokelumne River.
When the gates are open, fresh water is drawn from the Sacramento River into the interior of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta through Snodgrass Slough and the Mokelumne River. The water is used to prevent upstream salt water intrusion in the Delta, to dilute local pollution, and to improve the quality of irrigation supplies in the Central Valley.
Reclamation closes the DCC control gates during high water flows to assist out-migration of fish. Reclamation opens the gates to allow Sacramento River water through to the C.W. "Bill" Jones Pumping Plant that Reclamation operates.
Boaters are urged to continue to check the status of the gates to avoid problems in moving through the Cross Channel Gates.Information on gate operations can be accessed on Reclamation's Central Valley Operations website at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo/vungvari/dcc_chng.txt or by calling 916-979-2194 or 916-979-2196. For additional information, please call the Public Affairs Office at 916-978-5100 (TDD 916-978-5608).
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