 Prado Reservoir is not a storage reservoir, so water is released as quickly as possible while still allowing for groundwater recharge.When the water level reaches the top of the buffer pool, whose size changes depending on time of year, water is released at the maximum rate that the downstream channel will safely allow.As of 2006, the capacity of the channel is per second (140 m³/s), but channelization will eventually increase the capacity to per second (850 m³/s).