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	Name:	keyman -
	Subject:	WATER LEVELS
	Date:	1/10/2009 6:35:21 PM

Hello All

Once again SLISASUCKS has managed to blame the wrong side.
Any flooding that occurs downstream is a tragedy. The SLISA proposal would not have prevented the flooding that was caused by the rainfall but it would have prevented some of the additional releases. First we need to understand what caused the flooding downstream of the dam in this instance. Rainfall alone is what caused this flooding initially. There is nothing Smith Lake could have done to prevent the initial flooding. The Flood Control purpose for Smith Lake is to hold the water that is rained on the 944 sq miles that runs into the Smith Lake watershed. The water shed for the Warrior River is 3969 square miles. So the rain falling from the sky over the 3969 square miles ran into streams that dumped into the Warrior River. At this time Smith Lake was still below the 510 and was not releasing water. There was so much rain that the Warrior River exceeded its banks, however the dam at Smith Lake prevented the Warrior from flooding faster than it did. Without the dam there would have been 25% more water in the Warrior River than without the Dam. The outdated flood control policy that APC prevented the Army Corps from changing caused the additional flooding.

I know there are some that would like the water high at all times, however, due to one of the key designs of Smith Lake that is not possible. Flood Control is a major importance for Smith Lake, but once again SLISASUCKS doesn't know the facts.

SLISA has always maintained that the flood control aspects of the river should fall to the Army Corps of Engineers. The Army Corps has in fact tried to revise the flood control policy for the Warrior River during this relicense but has been opposed by none other than APC. I'll be happy to provide the documents that prove that if anyone would like them just email me.

SLISA
proposes to modify the existing rule curve so that water levels would drop in an approximately linear fashion from 510 feet above mean sea level (msl) on Memorial Day to 505 feet msl on Labor Day and then to 502 feet on December 1 where it would remain until approximately March 1, when it would again be coincident with the current rule curve.

Under SLISA’s proposed method of operation, water in excess of that required to maintain the rule curve will be released, but the lake will not fall below the rule curve unless water is required to meet water supply or navigation requirements downstream. Because flood control operations would not change under the SLISA proposal, the maximum lake elevations would not exceed those using the current rule curve. Due to the fact that the current rule curve is not followed is the reason that Smith Lake was put in Flood Stage earlier than it should have been.

keyman