State committee rethinks lake levels

fatlazyless · 09-01-2006, 10:30 AM

From today's Sept 1 Laconia Daily Sun, a 16 paragraph article, State Committee rethinking Winnipesaukee basin lake levels.

...opening paragraph,

"CONCORD - On the eve of the annual drawdown of the lakes, the Winnipesaukee River Watershed Advisory Committee has begun reconsidering the parameters by which the Dam Bureau of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) manages water levels in the chain of lakes along the river in an effort to reconcile the diverse interests in the watershed."

...5th paragraph,

"In general, water is stored during the summer to provide recreational opportunities and released in the autumn to serve the needs of the hydroelectric industry and create capacity to capture rain and runoff in the spring. When rainfall or run-off are unusally heavy, as occurred last October and again in May, DES is challenged to balance the high level of Lake Winnpesaukee and the heavy lows downstream, both of which cause signifigant damage."

...closing paragraph,

"The committee intends to tackle the challenge of determining the appropriate operating ranges for the lakes and designing a plan for managing them when it meets next month."

09-01-2006, 10:30 AM	#1
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,754 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,010 Times in 736 Posts	From today's Sept 1 Laconia Daily Sun, a 16 paragraph article, State Committee rethinking Winnipesaukee basin lake levels. ...opening paragraph, "CONCORD - On the eve of the annual drawdown of the lakes, the Winnipesaukee River Watershed Advisory Committee has begun reconsidering the parameters by which the Dam Bureau of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) manages water levels in the chain of lakes along the river in an effort to reconcile the diverse interests in the watershed." ...5th paragraph, "In general, water is stored during the summer to provide recreational opportunities and released in the autumn to serve the needs of the hydroelectric industry and create capacity to capture rain and runoff in the spring. When rainfall or run-off are unusally heavy, as occurred last October and again in May, DES is challenged to balance the high level of Lake Winnpesaukee and the heavy lows downstream, both of which cause signifigant damage." ...closing paragraph, "The committee intends to tackle the challenge of determining the appropriate operating ranges for the lakes and designing a plan for managing them when it meets next month."