Water Log Report

As far as the circumstances concerning the pool being below the lower limit of 230.80 I have negative knowledge of that as it occurred on the shift presiding mine, which began at 12 noon on the 21st. When I assumed duty on the 21st of Oct at 1200 Hours the Headwater reading was 230.49 and we were at closed river having went to close river at approximately 0600 on the 21st. Although I had a double approaching upon arrival at noon and immediately thereafter 5 recreational Craft locking through as a group I immediately began to assess the situation. I first checked the water log system to ensure it showed all gates being at 0.00 or less which it did with a couple of gates reading like 0.03 which is common when at closed river. I then visually checked in front of

Having completed the checks discussed previously and locking through the boat traffic I took a flashlight and went to top of the dam to visually check the manual gauges to see if they looked to be set at zero, which they did. After reviewing the water level at lock 7 to see if they could send me some water, which as I recall they were a little above the middle of their pool, I knew that they had no water to spare. I then checked the SSOP, SWl and SWDR as well as searched my saved emails to see if I could find a policy / Regulation / Email that outlined any steps or notifications to be made when outside your pool limits and I could not. Therefore since it was not a result of mechanical breakdown or malfunction to my knowledge, and we were at closed river with the lock above us being around the middle of their pool I felt I had done a good job and assessment given the circumstances. Upon conclusion of my shift at Midnight on the 21st the reading was 230.30 having dropped .19 during my 12 hour shift. This was passed on to my