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	Name:	MythBuster -
	Subject:	Naive About Water Level
	Date:	6/20/2007 1:02:37 PM

I believe that water IS released form those lakes to help keep the river navigable. So to assume that they aren't releasing water is itself naive.

You have to remember that Lake Martin is much, much larger than all of those lakes, not just in shoreline but also volume. Not adding the Lake Martin release water could, presumably, all but drain some of those lakes. (OF course, as long as WE have what WE want, who cares about people who live on other lakes, right? THEY don't matter.)

As for the money made by generating hydroelectric power from Lake Martin, Alabama Power is now buying power on the open market, to offset the losses they are feeling from the power that they are NOT generating this year. And as of June 14 they were requesting that the U.S. Corps of Engineers allow them to release even less water from Lake Martin, but I don't know the results of that request.

Don't forget that we are experiencing a drought of historic proportions. And further north, where the water that fills Lake martin originates, they are in the grips of what has been labeled an "exceptional" drought (and that's about as bad as it gets.) Add in the evaporation caused by the hot, dry, rainless days, and it's probably amazing that the lake has as much water as it does. And until the drought ends-- and one good thunderstorm isn't going to even make a dent-- people need to expect the lake to continue to drop. Because, the water needed to fill the lake JUST ISN'T THERE.