Looking at the release rates from Lake Thurmond over the past year (july 2010 to august 2011) the Corps has been releasing an average of 5038cfs. In the process Lake Thurmond has dropped 4 ft and we are now in danger of another major impact on recreation and economics around the lakes. Most people do not realize how sensitive we are to release rates. The difference between a release rate of 5,000cfs and 3600 cfs over a years time is 14'. In other words had the Corps followed our pleas they would have only had to use a release rate of 3600 cfs intermittently over the past year to keep the lakes full.
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- jerry clontz
- My background is Chemical Engineering. In that capacity I frequently ran the same kind of material balances required in managing lake levels.
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