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Originally Posted by skprbob
The DES is always between a rock and a hard place trying to predict flow requirements and the weather - the do the best they can and are constantly criticized no matter what they do. There's always someone to complain!
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Yes someone will always complain.... and I do admit DES is between a rock and a hard place. But when I look at the charts and the standard deviation I notice one important fact they don't seem to like it to go to a positive deviation. And I have noticed this for several years. Once they get the lake down two the point where they are drawing the minimum amount from the lake each day 250 cfs, they need to give the lake a little more lee way and allow it to come back up some......it would allow for dry Augusts to be a little less damaging. If there is a big strom then yes they need to open the spill way.... but when the lake only comes up 2 or 3 inches there is no reason to open the spill way......The "Dam Jockeys" have gotten too gun shy..... In my opinion anyways
I also note that on one of the DES web pages that they say they will regulate releases at the lake port dam to keep the lake between 504.0 and 504.32 feet for recreational enjoyment.... Now I know they can't maintain 504 feet all summer..... but when the lake gets below 504 feet they need to allow things to fluctuate with the weather a little more..... storms that will raise the lake significantly are rare, we just had a few unlucky years....