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	Name:	Osms -
	Subject:	Clear water and high winter pool
	Date:	7/29/2010 5:35:45 PM

Interesting you should mention water quality and higher winter water level. Tuesday, there was a relicensing panel discussion by five water quality experts--four were very familiar with Lake Martin and the consensus was that the winter level of the lake could be raised as much as 5', without a detrimental effect on water quality. Doubts were expressed about the available water flow to maintain higher fall levels much longer than the present rule curve allows, but overall the meeting was very positive about raising the winter level. Also, discussed was having a periodic drawdown of 10' to move sediment deeper--say every 3 to 5 years. Don't worry, nobody wants to harm the water quality.