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	Name:	jesse -
	Subject:	Weiss water level
	Date:	5/14/2012 10:51:19 AM

It might just be plain incompetence. APCO has nothing to gain by letting Weiss get so low but the excuses do not add up.

Rome's average rainfall for the last 12 top 18 months is right on the average. That is what the UGA weather records show.

Rain that falls in Rome mostly ends up downstream. Allatoona is officially at flood stage. Not just "high" or "full". Flood Stage. That is up stream of Weiss too. Allatoona dam produces power for the Southeast Power Administration, just like Weiss does for APCO. Allatoona has to release at least enough for Cartersville, GA Power plants at Euharlee and Coosa and the paper plant in Coosa, just like Weiss has some release requirements. Is APCO saying there is a drought in Cedar Bluff but it is rain forest conditions in Woodstock, GA?

The "Drought" and the "power demands" might be factors but they do not add up to what is going on. Neither do the statements about.Corp of Engineers demands this and that. Allatoona has similar demands and a much larger taking out of water for the Cobb-Marietta Water Authority.

Maybe the powers that be send the second string to Weiss dam or do not care that 2 feet lower at Weiss represents 1/3 of the way to winter pool, makes the lake dangerous and many docks unusable, while 2 feet at Allatoona is not even noticed. Allatoona is about 1/2 the size of Weiss when Weiss is at full pool. Right now they must be about equal. It pains to drive over Allatoona on I-75 and see the water at the top of the ramps and get to Weiss and see a mud flat.

Maybe some APCO person(s) just screwed up. Soon to be promoted probably.

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