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	Name:	raysea -
	Subject:	Naive About Water Level
	Date:	6/20/2007 2:30:18 PM

You must have been the guy I was looking for! First off, I didn't suggest that no water should have been withdrawn from Lake Martin, only that the drawdown be equitable with the other lakes in the system. As to the size of Lake Martin, the other lakes have a combined surface area of 100,000 acres ( 2-1/2 times the surface area of Lake Martin). If one additional foot of water had been withdrawn from each of the other lakes, it would have saved 2-1/2' of water from Lake Martin. And guess what, all the lake property owners would have about the same waterlevel situation (actually Lake Martin would still be the worst of the group). Now that the damage is done, you are correct, there is no water to fill Lake Martin. That is the point! Why was it mismanaged to that point by APCO and/or the Corp. I apologize if you work for one of the two.