December 13, 2023
by rob
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We received 1.66 inches of rain during the Sunday through Monday morning storm (Dec 10-11). As expected, the lake rose 9 inches from that storm with all three siphons flowing well. Today, Tuesday 12 DEC, the lake level is 12.5 inches … Continue reading
December 2, 2023
by rob
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Today, December 2nd, the lake level is 15 inches (1.25 feet) below the spillway ramp: 2 NOV: The siphons were installed and started on schedule, but problems were quickly evident when they all shut down – remaining dormant for two … Continue reading
November 29, 2023
by rob
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From Scot Evans: Lucille Munz took my hand-drawn siphon design and converted it to AutoCAD. The design and the changes made are attached here as a pdf. James Gorman made many of these changes without having the new diagram and … Continue reading
October 30, 2023
by rob
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Hello Neighbors, As a part of our lake management initiative, we will commence the lake drawdown next week. Over the coming weeks, you can anticipate a gradual decrease in the lake’s water level by approximately 3 to 4 feet. This … Continue reading
October 2, 2023
by rob
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The critical drawdown months are NOV & DEC and the target depth needs to be achieved before the ice-in freeze occurs in early December. The full drawdown period each year is NOV – DEC – JAN – FEB. Rainfall totals … Continue reading
November 15, 2022
by rob
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The TLPOA lake committee has set the lake drawdown to start the week of November 28. We will let you know any updates. Depending on the amount of rain we might encounter, the water level should drop quickly over the … Continue reading
October 27, 2022
by rob
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We plan to do a winter lake drawdown on Truesdale Lake starting late November 2022 lasting until around February-March 2023. The aim is to duplicate the successful drawdowns of 2019-20 and 2020-21. We skipped last year on the advice of … Continue reading
October 17, 2020
by rob
Comments Off on 2020/2021 Truesdale Lake Drawdown to Begin Next Week
With the recent drop in temperature and seeing little to no activity on the lake, we decided to begin the lake drawdown next week. Depending on the amount of rain we might encounter, the water level should drop quickly over … Continue reading
September 15, 2020
by rob
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As a part of our continuing lake management plan, we will be drawing down the lake level again this fall to help control weed growth in the spring. Pond & Lake Connection will begin installing the siphons at the dam … Continue reading
March 1, 2020
by rob
Comments Off on Drawdown Report 13
January 25, 2020 marked the last day of drawdown target depth – where the lake’s level, in its fifth cycle, was three feet below the spillway ramp. The water began to rise after both 12†siphons had shut themselves down. The west siphon shut down early due to an enormous mass of fishing line and a fishing rod around tree limbs wedged against and inside the intake. See photos at the end of this report.
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