December 5, 2025
by rob
Comments Off on Educational Series: Lake Drawdown
by Scot Evans Winter drawdowns are designed to expose the lakebed to the air and sustained sub-freezing temperatures. Over the past five years, we have improved and fine-tuned our annually-tested lake drawdowns. Siphons to draw the lake down three feet below … Continue reading
March 14, 2025
by rob
Comments Off on Drawdown Results Winter 2024-2025
Here are the results of this season’s highly successful drawdown: Drawdown lake level BSD (below the spillway deck) occurred as follows: 3’ to 4’ BSD ~ 42 total days 2’ to 3’ BSD ~ 44 total days Weed … Continue reading
October 31, 2024
by rob
Comments Off on Lake Drawdown 2024/2025
Hello Neighbors, As a part of our lake management initiative, we will commence the lake drawdown on Monday, November 4th, 2024. We anticipate a rapid decrease in the lake’s water level, due to a lack of rainfall. So this weekend … Continue reading
December 13, 2023
by rob
Comments Off on 2023 Lake Drawdown Update #3
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
Comments Off on 2023 Lake Drawdown Update #2
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
Comments Off on 2023 Lake Drawdown Update #1
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
Comments Off on Lake Winter Drawdown 2023-24
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
Comments Off on Pond & Lake Connection Siphon Upgrade and Truesdale Lake Drawdown 2023-24
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
Comments Off on 2022-23 Drawdown Coming Soon!
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
Comments Off on Lake Drawdown Plan 2022-2023
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