November 29, 2023
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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
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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
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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
October 17, 2020
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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
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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
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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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January 14, 2020
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Today, with all siphons flowing, the lake level is 2.3 feet below the spillway ramp and descending. The lake froze completely on December 20th with ice up to three inches thick and 80% of the lake was melted by January 7th, allowing for a much cleaner fifth and final descent to target depth. If we are lucky, the lake will again freeze in January when the siphons shut down with lake level at three feet below the spillway. Continue reading
December 28, 2019
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Update to the Report 11 including more rainfall data for December 2019. Continue reading
December 23, 2019
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Summary: This four-week report involved so many environmental changes that I had to wait to complete it until a break in the weather – the dry spell we’re experiencing – now in its third day. We received so much rain this month that the lake level rose 38 inches after receiving five inches of rain and Snow/Ice Water Equivalent (SWE), even with all siphons flowing much of that time. Continue reading
November 26, 2019
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The 6†siphon continued flowing during this last two week period and we requested that P&LC restart both 12″ siphons.
On Wednesday 11/20, a Lake Planning Group Meeting was held with John Bergstrom, Robert & Susan Brown, Rob Cummings, Sue Enos, Scot Evans, Lara Gorton, Stephen Macaluso, and Harold Ossher attending. Continue reading