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KEEPER · 01-20-2006, 04:05 PM

Hi folks,

I'm the fellow that has the job (sometimes rewarding, sometimes frustrating - but always interesting) of managing flows for DES in the Winnipesaukee River basin, as well as others around the state.

Lake Geezer is correct, the 82-05 max. water level line did not update to include 2005 data. We're working on the problem and hope to have it fixed soon.

We're doing the best we can to get the lake down in preparation for the spring freshet but we're not getting any help from the weather people. We were right where we wanted to be on the morning of October 9th but...well, you know the rest. Right now we are passing about 1500 cfs at Lakeport and the big lake is still rising slowly. Hopefully, dry weather will prevail and we can ramp flows up a bit as the lower portion of the basin empties out some. Right now both Winnisquam and Silver lakes are quite high and we don't want to add to the problem any more than we are already.

On a related subject, is anyone interested in having one of those massive surplus New Orleans sump pumps installed on their property for a few months? I'd also like to encourage folks to begin pool filling and lawn watering as soon as possible.

Steve Doyon
603-271-1966
[email protected]

01-20-2006, 04:05 PM	#8
KEEPER Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi folks, I'm the fellow that has the job (sometimes rewarding, sometimes frustrating - but always interesting) of managing flows for DES in the Winnipesaukee River basin, as well as others around the state. Lake Geezer is correct, the 82-05 max. water level line did not update to include 2005 data. We're working on the problem and hope to have it fixed soon. We're doing the best we can to get the lake down in preparation for the spring freshet but we're not getting any help from the weather people. We were right where we wanted to be on the morning of October 9th but...well, you know the rest. Right now we are passing about 1500 cfs at Lakeport and the big lake is still rising slowly. Hopefully, dry weather will prevail and we can ramp flows up a bit as the lower portion of the basin empties out some. Right now both Winnisquam and Silver lakes are quite high and we don't want to add to the problem any more than we are already. On a related subject, is anyone interested in having one of those massive surplus New Orleans sump pumps installed on their property for a few months? I'd also like to encourage folks to begin pool filling and lawn watering as soon as possible. Steve Doyon 603-271-1966 [email protected]