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Just read this report online:
PROVO - Low water levels at Deer Creek Reservoir could close the popular water-recreation area by month's end.
Officials blame it all on a the lengthening drought and intentional draining. At any rate, the reservoir is down to about half its usual depth.
The Daily Herald newspaper today quotes Laine Shapiro of the Provo River Water Users Association as saying recreationists may be barred by the end of August.
Normally, the reservoir is about 100 feet deep, but now it's around 52 feet, Shapiro said.
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Well its just a line that they are feeding us... What they are doing is keeping Utah lake full so the land dispute can be selttled as cheap as possible around Utah lake....
And we the sportsman have to do without again, and what's going to happen to the fish when they drain it????
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Plus there prized river will go to you no what.
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Well judging by the article im pretty happy since it seems it will only be closed to boating and that means us float tubers can have free rain yea.....[sly]
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Did I miss something your happy that they are draining a lake?????
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All I can say is I hope we get some decent snowpack this year.
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I wonder if the DWR will raise the limit if it goes down anymore to prevent the fish from just dying?
Better to fry um than to see them washed up on the bank.
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SO HAS ANYONE BEEN UP TO CHECK THIS OUT. DC 50 FT. NO WAY!!! IVE GRAFFED PLACES OVE 200. SO WHAT GIVES??? I GET THAT IF ITS DRAWN DOWN SO FAR WE CANT GET ON IT BUT NOT CLOSE IT ALL DOWN. THATS IS A JOKE. O YA OUR STATE DOES KINKY STUFF. KNOW I GET IT.
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It is what they say 50 feet and the deepest I have graft is just over 100'....
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It has nothing to do with Utah Lake. They are making seismic upgrades to DC dam.
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THANKS FOR THE INFO! Where did you find that out? I heard it was the road work being done, the dam was leaking, keep Utah lake full. I never saw anything in print or on the web about the real reason. ANOTHER STATE SECRET!!! Could you provide additional info if you have it? THANKS
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o i was mistaken not 200 165 170. on the bouy line a few yrs back. chuck came by last night and set the old memory strait. lol
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A friend showed me a copy he made of the trial transcript I don't know the date of the final judgement but from what we got was the higher the water the less they have to pay the land owners....
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It is being drawn down so they can finish up the construction on the spillway/dam/road. Drive either way and look at how full Utah Lake and Jordanelle are. It doesn't matter to the water users in Utah/Salt Lake counties where it is stored, as long as it is delivered.
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Here is the article....
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JEREMY DUDA - Daily Herald
Get the boats and water skis out on the water, because the clock may be ticking on summer fun at Deer Creek Reservoir.
One of the most popular spots in Utah County during the summer, the reservoir may be closed this month due to low water levels. A combination of drought conditions and intentional draining have brought the reservoir down to nearly half its usual depth.
"It's getting low enough to where we might have to close it," said Laine Shapiro of the Provo River Water Users Association.
Normally, the reservoir is about 100 feet deep, but now it's closer to 52.3 feet, Shapiro said. Part of the problem is the low rain and snowfall during the winter that contribute much of reservoir's water in the warmer months.
Another reason for the missing water is a fish. Shapiro said the water was drained into the Provo River to aid the June sucker, an endangered fish that lives in the river and Utah Lake. A recovery program was started five years ago to help increase the number of June suckers.
The Deer Creek dam was opened up in early June, when the fish's spawning season began.
"Depending on where you go to, there's certain shallow parts, and we need to keep that water running at all times," Shapiro said, of the river. "If we stop the river altogether, it's going to build up and then some sucker might get stuck on the shore."
Shapiro said the water level is so low that that it is threatening the dam's operation. He would not say how high the water in the reservoir must be for the dam's turbines to continue running -- that information is confidential, he said -- but the current depth of 52.3 feet is getting uncomfortably close to the line.
Closing the reservoir would probably upset boaters and others who recreate at the lake.
"A lot of the enthusiasts out there would probably be fairly upset," said Ian Rupp, manager of White Knuckle Motor Sports in Springville. "I'm a watercraft enthusiast myself, and I don't ever like to hear closures of lakes."
Dustin Sweeten, owner of Powerhouse Motorsports in Pleasant Grove, said the closure of the reservoir probably won't affect too many people unless it happens before Labor Day.
"If they do it after Labor Day it will have little impact because people aren't playing as much," he said. "After that there will be some sporadic use, but the biggest use comes while the kids are out of school."
Shapiro said the closure would likely happen at the end of the month, and that's if it happens at all.
If the area gets some rain this month, the reservoir may stay open longer. And even if there is no rain, the association may let people keep their boats on the water for the rest of the summer.
"We say at the end of this month, but depending on what happens we might actually just keep it open," Shapiro said.
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The only ones that can tell a bigger story more than a fisherman is a newman or weather man and be less then 10% wright and still get paid......
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all I can sy is there goes that DAMN June sucker again.
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[url "http://www.ci.slc.ut.us/utilities/NewsEvents/news2007/news7252007.htm"]http://www.ci.slc.ut.us/utilities/NewsEvents/news2007/news7252007.htm[/url]
Scroll down to to the last couple paragraphs of this link. The dam is set for seismic upgrades next year. The water shares that were purchased for the June Sucker Recovery are sent down the provo in May and June and have nothing to do with the current low level of the reservoir. They are draining it to half capacity for dam repair and KSL and the D news reporting that it has to do with a fish species is nothing more than poor journalism.
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].........stupid June Sucker.... 