Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Winter Drawdown Question

i recently heard that don bush said that the operating orders for the winter drawdown have been changed and that there will be no drawdown. is this true? if not, is the judge going to make his decision in time to stop the drawdown?
thanx dave

The DNR did amend their water level orders prior to the start of the contested case hearing. They refused to amend/raise the summer water level, but they made a nominal decrease to the amount drained from the lake for the winter drawdown.

In other words, instead of draining the lake a bunch, they will drain it just less than a bunch.

And RKLD has received no communication from DNR regarding compliance of the old/new winter drawdown, or, when we might expect a decision from the hearing judge.

Hope this helps answer your question.