Shawn,
It's a complicated mess that never seems to get resolved. They are working  
with rules developed even before the lake was filled in 1962. The other 
problem  is the revolving door of Army Corp of engineers commanders. Every two 
years they  change commanders and we're back to square one. Water rights are 
a huge problem,  but what everyone seems to forget is that before the dams 
and lakes were  constructed, the only water that went down stream was the 
water in the basin  from rain. No rain, no water downstream. Now they want to 
keep a continuous  stream of water at all costs. It's very frustrating for 
property owners and  shouldn't be that hard to manage. I've lived on other 
non USACE reservoirs and  the lake levels never varied more than a few inches.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 7/10/2012 7:41:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
shawn.sustain at gmail.com writes:

Hi:

I am not so sure this is a government screw-up. Does the  water released
provide services to those downstream?  Is the Corps  required to provide the
water? Weather volatility associated with Global  Warming  (e.g., lots of
rain and lots of drought in unlikely places)  also may be contributing to
the problem.

In any case, I hope that  you guys get headed back toward  full pool  soon.

Cheers,
Shawn
s/v Sweet Baboo

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012  at 2:26 PM, Bob Keller  
<r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
>  Rummy,Bummer.  Can you push my dock out some more..Oh wait, I don't  own
> that place any more!   Still a bummer though because it  is no fun once it
> gets 10+ feet down.  Yet another thing that the  government is screwing 
up!BK
>  > From:  R22RumRunner at aol.com
> > Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:09:34  -0400
> > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > Subject:  [Rhodes22-list] The draught continues.
> >
> > This morning  Lake Hartwell hit the 649.93' mark. The normal (full pool)
> is
>  > 660 feet above sea level. We're currently down ten feet and when we  
reach
> > twelve  feet I will remove all boats from the water.  At that point most
> of
> > the boat  ramps will be  unusable and boating on the lake really becomes
> unsafe
> >  due to  trees that were left on the bottom when the lake was built.  I
> will
> > have to  use the four wheel drive to get mine  and my neighbors boats
> out. I
> > know we have  had a  lack of rain, but the Army Corps of Engineers is
> still
> >  releasing water at  a rate greater than the inflow. We went through  
this
> > three years ago, but I was  really hoping that we would  never see the
> twenty
> > four foot mark again. Looks   like we are heading in that direction once
> again.
> >
>  > Rummy......send rain.....lots of it.
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