Why the early drawdown? 🙄

[fishinwrench]

With everything in the region low, power demands at a minimum, and no significant precip in the forecast.......WHY are they drawing the lake down already?  

Surely they have a reason, I would just love to know what it is. 🤔  Could it be to energize all those cars that won't run on dinosaur juice?

 

[DADAKOTA]

Heard they pulled Truman down for some sort of repair work.  Drawing LOZ to create space if we get rain?

[fishinwrench]

15 minutes ago, DADAKOTA said:

Heard they pulled Truman down for some sort of repair work.  Drawing LOZ to create space if we get rain?

How many times have I heard them say......"We don't alter LO discharges based upon what Truman is doing"? 

[DADAKOTA]

If Truman can't take a rise then it all goes to LOZ

[MOPanfisher]

I would say it has more to do with generation which equals $. And zero precip to run off.  Pretty much every lake that has hydropower is in the same boat low due to generation and no inflow.  LOZ has the benefit of water from Teuman during generation so they can generate with it too.  I have never heard LOZ doesn't react to what Truman does before, I have heard and said the Truman doesn't react to what LOZ wants.  Even non power lakes are getting low due to no runoff rains.

[tjm]

On 10/7/2022 at 9:59 AM, fishinwrench said:

How many times have I heard them say......"We don't alter LO discharges based upon what Truman is doing"? 

I don't know what you've heard, but every man made lake in the world reacts to all upstream water changes. If they didn't react when an upstream dam discharged, they'd be putting their own dam in danger.

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, tjm said:

I don't know what you've heard, but every man made lake in the world reacts to all upstream water changes. If they didn't react when an upstream dam discharged, they'd be putting their own dam in danger.

Oh I know!    But whenever they are pushed to make a statement on LO water levels..... that's what they say.   

The old hands, when UE controlled this lake, did a FINE JOB !    But anytime a new generation of engineers/biologists/ ect. take over a project, they just HAVE TO drastically change things (make their mark) and ignore the fact that a level of perfection was already reached.  🙄  

They can say whatever they want, but the REAL REASON for the drastic winter drawdowns is to keep the milfoil in check...... because bouji homeowners don't like it, and property values are effected by it. 🙄

[tjm]

31 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

keep the milfoil in check

A native variety or stuff the homeowners threw out with the aquarium water?

[bfishn]

Barge tows are running aground on the mid/lower Mississippi almost daily now, with corn & bean loads getting stranded. If they can profit from discharging to aid that situation, makes sense to me.

[fishinwrench]

57 minutes ago, tjm said:

A native variety or stuff the homeowners threw out with the aquarium water?

I believe it's called "Eurasian water milfoil'......so I'm gonna make the assumption that it's native to Eurasia...... wherever that is. 🤔 

Whatever it is, the fish LOVE IT !  And I miss it.