if the lake has 45 miles of shoreline and 7,910 surface acres and is currently 16 feet below normal. And how much rain would it take to equal that?
Long story short, we've had 2 really bad drought summers and a large city in our state only JUST introduced water rationing in January (why people are watering their grass in January is beyond me). Now suddenly they're freaking out because their water supply is low. But heaven forbid they take it out of their recreational lake! So they have this agreement with the state or whoever makes agreements like that which basically allows them to take the water out of the lake I mentioned above. The lake is currently down 16 feet and still draining. This is going to ruin the economy of a lot of the towns in the lake area for a long time, not to mention killing off fish (this lake is the only hatchery in the state for several species of fish) if the water gets low enough.
Short of a miracle, this lake isn't going to be normal for years. I'm just curious how much it would take to get back to normal.
I forgot to mention that there is no river or spring that feeds into this lake. It gets its water entirely from rainwater and farm runoff (which I guess basically IS rainwater, isn't it?)
Long story short, we've had 2 really bad drought summers and a large city in our state only JUST introduced water rationing in January (why people are watering their grass in January is beyond me). Now suddenly they're freaking out because their water supply is low. But heaven forbid they take it out of their recreational lake! So they have this agreement with the state or whoever makes agreements like that which basically allows them to take the water out of the lake I mentioned above. The lake is currently down 16 feet and still draining. This is going to ruin the economy of a lot of the towns in the lake area for a long time, not to mention killing off fish (this lake is the only hatchery in the state for several species of fish) if the water gets low enough.
Short of a miracle, this lake isn't going to be normal for years. I'm just curious how much it would take to get back to normal.
I forgot to mention that there is no river or spring that feeds into this lake. It gets its water entirely from rainwater and farm runoff (which I guess basically IS rainwater, isn't it?)