Low Water

[Phil Lilley]

Low Water...

Gate #3 at Powersite is stick in the down position - air hose is broke.  Can't be fixed till Bull Shoals is lowered down past 687 feet.

The Corps is going to "pulse" 2 units of water for an hour starting at 9 am today, tomorrow and Thursday to keep the upper end watered - the gravel flats above Fall Creek are exposed to air/sun and heat killing all the bugs.

Release policy may change starting Friday and they might start dumping water from Beaver and Table Rock.  We will see.

[JestersHK]

Thats pretty wild.  Is that the lowest you've ever seen it @Phil Lilley?

Not good for the bug population at all I bet... Seems its from one extreme to the other.

[tjm]

Wow!

I would have thought that the bugs and such would retreat as the water dropped.

[netboy]

8 hours ago, tjm said:

Wow!

I would have thought that the bugs and such would retreat as the water dropped.

I would think that the scuds will retreat to lower water levels as they have legs and are pretty mobile.

I doubt that midge/mayfly/stonefly larva will move much as they don't have legs and may be at risk. 

[Johnsfolly]

All that sculpin habitat high and dry. So sad😢. Hope that the water comes up soon.

[Johnsfolly]

Actually would be a great time to find that hidden structure along the banks.

[Bill Babler]

No its been lower several years ago, you could pretty much walk across below Cooper Creek to College of the Ozarks .  I forget the date or year.

 I checked this morning "Sunday at 9 am" and it was 706.2

That's for sure a prop eater.

[Paco]

This was up at Rockaway last Thursday 

[snagged in outlet 3]

That’s crazy!   Thanks, @Paco

[tjm]

Bull doesn't seem to be dropping very fast, and flowing more water into Taneycomo would just be flowing more water into Bull Shoals, I'm not sure how that would help?