Pera Durn opens the reservoir depth marks and the household release schedule at the upper reservoir cut into the west face. Before anyone moves a cart or changes a mark, the crew checks a narrow spillway whose lip sits one thumb above the older survey mark. The thaw season air brings its own pace to the passage.
The latest page holds 51 depth marks checked at dawn. Pera Durn reads the previous count (53) before the next mark is made. It is a small pause, long enough for the people at the rail to hear what the number leaves out.
The reserve proposal uses a recent high-water mark; older surveyors say the mark was taken before the spillway was cleared. The current record does not settle that disagreement. The difference between those accounts is visible here: a rule on the board and a working condition just beyond it.
The first implementation notes have been compared with the promise in the minutes. The entry belongs to the midyear count file at the upper reservoir cut into the west face. The next check will be made by another crew, asked to repeat the measure without borrowing the first crew’s conclusion.
When the shift closes, the file remains beside the marked place. The survey office will publish both measurements and their dates side by side. Until then, the route, schedule or allotment stays as it was at the opening bell.
