Proposal: Dam Indian Creek, Create 3,800 Acre Lake

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Hello folks,

For those of you that are not aware, there is interest in damming up Indian Creek to create a 3,800 acre reservoir to supply drinking water, to Joplin and several surrounding communities in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. This is to meet projected water needs by the year 2050.

There is a discussion on the Conservation Forum, titled "New Report On Reservoir Locations". There is another that is on the Crane Creek Forum. The Conservation Forum appears to be most active one now.

Per the report, the two most likely sites are on Crane Creek in the East, and another on Indian Creek, to serve the Western side of the area in the report.

Here is a link to the report, you can read it for yourselves. Indian Creek is listed as site #8.

http://www.news-leader.com/assets/pdf/DO13816678.PDF

Disscuss this here, as well as please come to the Conservation Forum and participate there also. This affects us all. I didn't see any info here so thought I'd pass this on,in case your not aware of it.