Powersite Dam Removal (Not Happening, Discussion Only!)

[Bill B.]

Once you remove Powersite, whatever muck has accumulated on the bottom of Taneycomo will quickly erode downstream. Most will settle in upper Bull Shoals, helping to fill in the White River holes faster than they already are filling.

[Phil Lilley]

Once you remove Powersite, whatever muck has accumulated on the bottom of Taneycomo will quickly erode downstream. Most will settle in upper Bull Shoals, helping to fill in the White River holes faster than they already are filling.

If Powersite was removed there would not be a Lake Taneycomo, only Bull Shoals. The muck would move downstream- not sure where it would end up.

I would have to see the impact studies to know whether I'd be for or against. As far as the upper end, say from here to the dam, I would think it'd be pretty cool because this would become more of a river/stream like the White below Bull Shoals, till it hit the lake. Again, you'd have to increase the flow, minimum flow, from Table Rock to water the upper end.

I seriously doubt if this will ever happen- and no, it has never been discussed or considered, at least in public. Powersite Dam isn't that complicated. It's more of a spillway than a regular dam.

[XP 590]

Right, if you remove Powersite, Lake Taneycomo would be......... a river?........wait, is it a lake or a river now? I'm confused!

Discuss amongst yourselves.

[Phil Lilley]

It's a lake- there's a dam at each end. Actually it was made a lake when they built Powersite. It's been Lake Taneycomo ever since. Above the lake, before Table Rock Dam was built, it was the White River, same as the White above Beaver Lake now.

[Amery]

They are tearing down the dam? ?!?!?

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I bet Taney was full of catfish back then.

[Fly_Guy]

How deep is it above powersite, and what is Taneycomos max depth at high flow?

[Wayne SW/MO]

How deep is it above powersite, and what is Taneycomos max depth at high flow?

It's not all that deep. I doubt it averages more than 10'.

It would take a few years of high water to define the river I think and even more to establish any deeper areas. A river that you could wade from Branson to Forsyth might as atractive, if not more so, than the White below BS.

As far as the muck goes I doubt it would ever reach the dam. The upper end of BS has a soft bottom in many areas that I'm sure is a result of sediment over the decades. If the sediment remained suspended I'm sure it wouldn't take long for it to reach the flat land in southern Arkansas.