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Originally Posted by Slickcraft
They have done a good job all year as they have most years. Of course there was the usual whining at the start of the year.
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ght=lake+level
They actually don't really have much that much control in the short term, a full release will drop the lake only 1" a day provided zero inflow. Mother nature is the primary control agent here. |
I disagree the mother nature is the primary control agent... The dam operators have great control of the lake level... In prior years they have left the dam open at high rates longer then needed... thus resulting in low lake levels come Sept. Basically they opened the dam, and wouldn't reduce the flow until the achieved the average lake level historically for the time frame. And they had been doing this for many years... As a result the average lake level for any point in the summer has fallen over the last 20 years.
This year in opposition, they have maintained the output at the dam to the minimum 250 cfs... which has resulted in a higher then normal lake level for most of the summer. And have indeed allowed mother nature to control the lake level...Historically over the last 20 years however the dam has dictated the level of the lake, by increase flow to match the historical curve.