Saturday, August 7, 2010

THE CORPS IS DOING IT AGAIN

The Corps of Engineers shows again that they have no intention of maintaining lake levels and release rates at values that satisfy all stake holders in the Savannah River Basin. We have demonstrated repeatedly that release rates of 3600 cfs from Lake Thurmond is adequate for downstream stakeholders especially when it is for a short term. We have also demonstrated that the economics of uspstream stakeholders can be protected by decreasing releases from Lake Thurmond to 3600 cfs anytime the lake is 2' below full pool. Regardless the Corps is using releases of about twice that level with Lake Hartwell 2' below full pool and Lake Thurmond approaching 3' below full pool.