Thursday, April 27, 2017

CORPS SHOWING TOTAL DISREGARD FOR RECREATION

On the one hand the Corps talks about the reason they can only drop to 3800cfs releases from Thurmond, rather than lower, is to maintain certain minimum conditions for the river below Thurmond.  But when rains swell the rivers they increase releases from 3800 to 4,000 cfs explaining that the Broad River is at higher flows to the lakes. This when our lakes are down 10ft and in peril of dropping even further.  WHICH IS IT?  FLOWS IN THE BROAD RIVER OR RIVER FLOWS BELOW THURMOND. WHEN THEY SHOULD BE DECREASING RELEASES OR EVEN SHUTTING THEM DOWN, THEY ARE INCREASING THEM.  ONE THING FOR SURE IS RECREATION IS NOT A CONSIDERATION. Hopefully one of our congressmen or governors will wake up to the fact that the Corps is not protecting recreation the way they should and force more rational behavior by the Corps.

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