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1/7/2004 From: James B. Cole, Public Works Director
Date: January 7, 2004
Re: Water Resources
There is no reason to panic. Water storage levels are at a twenty year low in the Shawnee Twin Lakes. Wes Watkins Reservoir is approximately seven feet below the overflow level of 1074 feet above sea level. Rainfall in 2003 was approximately 12 inches below the average annual rainfall for Shawnee of 35.5 inches. Until we get some significant rainfall with runoff into the lakes, we will be closely monitoring lake levels. Following is a brief description of each of the lakes and their present status:
Lake No. 1
Construction commenced in February 1935 and the embankment was closed to impound water in August 1935. Construction was completed in October 1935 and water ran over the spillway for the first time on June 21, 1941. During an exceptionally wet year, water ran over the spillway at a depth of 2.5 feet on May 17, 1949. During construction of Lake No. 2, the spillway was raised one foot to 1073.5 feet above sea level in May 1960.
The capacity of the lake when full is 23,900 acre-feet, or 7.8 billion gallons. It has a water shed area of 22 square miles. It is presently at approximately eleven feet below the spillway elevation. Considering the amount of silt that has settled in the lake since it was build, it is probably at less than 10,000 acre-feet, or 4 billion gallons.
Lake No. 2
Construction commenced in November 1959 and the embankment was closed to impound water in April 1960. The equalization channel was opened on April 20, 1963 and construction was completed at that time.
The capacity of the lake when full is 11,400 acre-feet, or 3.7 billion gallons. It has a water shed of 12 square miles. It is approximately at 50 per cent capacity. Dependable yield of the two lakes is estimated at 3.3 MGD.
Wes Watkins Reservoir
Construction commenced in October 1992 and the embankment was closed to impound water in 1997. The lake filled in just 5 months due to a wet season. Although, we have drawn water from Wes Watkins Reservoir at various flows since time completion of the raw water line, we are not taking water from that lake at the present.
Capacity of the lake at the municipal pool level is 14,065 acre-feet, or 4.58 billion gallons. It has a water shed of 38.5 square miles. The Soil Conservation Service projected a dependable yield of 3.66 MGD for the North Deer Creek water shed.
The combined dependable yield from all three reservoirs is about 7.5 MGD. Dependable yield should be attained 92 per cent of the time. Our current annual average usage is 4.3 MGD. Critical yield is approximately 3.8 MGD – based on the driest period of record. 2003 was probably one of the tenth to fifteenth driest periods in recent history. The current situation is entirely weather related.
The pipe from the Atoka water line will be checked next week to make certain that there are no problems delivering water to Twin Lake No. 1. The current contract price is $1.26 per thousand gallons. That is considerably more than Water District No. 3 is paying. Of course, they have no other source and are taking water from that line all the time.
We do not plan to take water from Wes Watkins Reservoir until we have operated the ozone equipment for a brief time to check its ability to treat the Twin Lakes water. After that, we will use only Wes Watkins water for a brief time to determine the success of ozonation. The ozone equipment should be operational next week.
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