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	Name:	waterph -
	Subject:	Water Level Changes
	Date:	8/19/2009 8:44:14 PM

I've been observing the water levels in a year of high rain fall and the same old story continues to unfold. APC is draining the lake again to feed Gorgas. To H*&%# with the property owners on Smith Lake. Corporate America still reigns and the dollar still controls all decisions.

I wonder what the ruling would be in a class action suit against APC on the basis that Smith Lake was originally permitted to generate hydro power and not as a feed source for a downstream coal fired plant. Atlanta lost their suit on the basis that the lake was built for hydro power and not as a source of drinking water for Atlanta. I look forward to seeing if a similar ruling would prevail for Smith Lake.

As with Obama's Health Care proposal, the powers to be only listen when the people get pissed off. Maybe the population on Smith Lake is beginning to feel the same about abuse of water level on Smith and soon will tell APC that enough is enough..

The water level on 8/2/09 was 506.2 feet: 504.1 feet on 8/18/09, a drop of 2.1 feet after 16 days. After greater than 1.5 inches of rainfall on Tuesday, 8/18/09, the level still changed to 503.9 feet on 8/19/09. Absolutely amazing. Even with God's cooperation by supplying rain, APC is still going to drop the level. I'll bet the farm that these level changes were not necessary due to hydro demands, navigation demands, or drinking water demands from local utilities.