Beaumont Enterprise, Houston Chronicle and San
Francisco Chronicle. Could be more. AP picked up the story.
http://www.beaumontenterprise.
http://www.chron.com/default/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Canton Lake story receives National Media coverage.
Beaumont Enterprise, Houston Chronicle and San
Francisco Chronicle. Could be more. AP picked up the story.
http://www.beaumontenterprise.
http://www.chron.com/default/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/
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Beaumont Enterprise, Houston Chronicle and San
Francisco Chronicle. Could be more. AP picked up the story.
http://www.beaumontenterprise.
http://www.chron.com/default/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Website that we need to get out to every place possible in OKC.
We desperately need to spread this website to the people of OKC in anyway we can. It might bring awareness of possible ways they can help the situation. If they had been doing these simple things for the last two years, I doubt seriously we would be in such a mess right now at Canton Lake. Education about the facts and the severity of this drought and it's effects on everyone involved including those in OKC in the future, could make huge a huge impact on over all water consumption by the masses.
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Friday, February 1, 2013
More facts by Troy Everett
Per OKC Water Utilities: Hefner can't receive water from any other pipelines, wells, ..., only rain run off & Canton Lake; Hefner is only source for nearly 200k NW OKC residents; Before the release Hefner was nearly 2/3 full (40,000 ac- ft)and using USGS website gauge numbers for water loss out of Hefner, the following calculations were made: At 12 month average usage from Hefner and only drawing down 1/2 of the Hefner pool, their water would last nearly 200 days without rain or Canton Lake water. If Hefner receives rain and rain runoff this would extend the 200 days further. Hefner's normal pool is 60,000 ac-ft. Before release Hefner is at 40,000 ac-ft. Of Canton Lake's 30,000 ac-ft release, 20,000 should reach Hefner, thus bringing it to normal or possibly above normal level since the riverbed was wet from recent rain.
If any rain at all occurs in or upstream from Hefner, what will OKC do with this surplus water? I might guess, let if flow into Overholser. Overholser water can conveniently flow into downtown OKC , or could it go on by Overholser into the Oklahoma River. Hmmm
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If any rain at all occurs in or upstream from Hefner, what will OKC do with this surplus water? I might guess, let if flow into Overholser. Overholser water can conveniently flow into downtown OKC , or could it go on by Overholser into the Oklahoma River. Hmmm
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A good read and some strong points by John Sprunger
Oklahoma City Water Future
sub-titled:
You’re Up a Creek Without a Paddle
Oklahoma City: What were you thinking? You grew in population from 243,504 in 1950 to a population of 579,999 in 2010. You planned and laid out utilities as necessary for an expanding population. The metro area grew with you to now total over 1,252,987 in population. You added 14 additional communities and water districts to your water supply. And now W-Day is upon you. Did you really think you could rely on a water supply from a semi-arid water basin such as the North Canadian River watershed? What are you going to do this summer when you are out of water and Canton Lake is empty?
Here are some facts that need documented to correct OKC utility Director Marsha Slaughter’s revisionist talking points. Canton Lake was the brainchild of Frank Raab and others from northwest Oklahoma. After a devastating flood in 1928, planning and lobbying began, and in 1938 Congress authorized the Canton Lake project for flood control. The project started in 1940, was delayed by the war, and then completed in late 1948. The Flood Control Acts of 1946 and 1948 authorized irrigation and water storage to Enid, Oklahoma. When Enid did not access their water rights, in 1955 Oklahoma City began a series of 5 year contracts with the federal government to utilize some of Canton’s water storage. In 1990, without public revelation to northwest Oklahomans affected by the consequences, Oklahoma City successfully changed the agreement by convincing Congress to reassign Canton Lake water to the Oklahoma City by Section 102 of the Water Resource Development Act of 1990. (See Title I, Water Resource Projects, Section 102: Project Modifications)
Oklahoma City has an average annual rainfall of 36 inches. To give Oklahoma City water planners a hint, southeast Oklahoma receives 56 inches. Moving to the northwest and the North Canadian River watershed area these totals change drastically. Canton annual average is 29 inches, Beaver is 21 inches, Hardesty is 19 inches, and Des Moines, New Mexico, where the North Canadian originates is 18 inches. Much of the watershed area for the North Canadian River is over the Ogallala Aquifer. Since the time of completion of Canton Lake, the Ogallala Aquifer has dropped some 10 feet in areas proximal to Canton, to as much as 40 feet in area of far western Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Panhandle. In northeast New Mexico, the originating point of the North Canadian River, there is no longer a measurable saturated thickness of the Ogallala Aquifer. The cause and effect comes down to this. Dry springs, dry creeks, and a dry Beaver River result in drastically reduced water flow into Canton Lake. Northwest Oklahoma is a semi-arid climate. Why would Oklahoma City ever think the semi-arid North Canadian River watershed basin would provide them with water as they grew in number, and the watershed receded in water flow?
Oklahoma City, your greatest challenge will be what you will do for water this summer. You have probably killed Canton Lake for years to come. Your second biggest challenge, and one you must address and settle immediately, is procurement of water from Sardis Lake. You were right in paying off the $27 million dollar debt on Sardis Lake, and getting approval from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for 90 percent of those water rights. Without that plentiful and renewable source from Sardis Lake, Oklahoma City will be in the same boat as you have put Northwest Oklahoma and Canton Lake, up a creek without a paddle.
Signed: John Sprunger
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sub-titled:
You’re Up a Creek Without a Paddle
Oklahoma City: What were you thinking? You grew in population from 243,504 in 1950 to a population of 579,999 in 2010. You planned and laid out utilities as necessary for an expanding population. The metro area grew with you to now total over 1,252,987 in population. You added 14 additional communities and water districts to your water supply. And now W-Day is upon you. Did you really think you could rely on a water supply from a semi-arid water basin such as the North Canadian River watershed? What are you going to do this summer when you are out of water and Canton Lake is empty?
Here are some facts that need documented to correct OKC utility Director Marsha Slaughter’s revisionist talking points. Canton Lake was the brainchild of Frank Raab and others from northwest Oklahoma. After a devastating flood in 1928, planning and lobbying began, and in 1938 Congress authorized the Canton Lake project for flood control. The project started in 1940, was delayed by the war, and then completed in late 1948. The Flood Control Acts of 1946 and 1948 authorized irrigation and water storage to Enid, Oklahoma. When Enid did not access their water rights, in 1955 Oklahoma City began a series of 5 year contracts with the federal government to utilize some of Canton’s water storage. In 1990, without public revelation to northwest Oklahomans affected by the consequences, Oklahoma City successfully changed the agreement by convincing Congress to reassign Canton Lake water to the Oklahoma City by Section 102 of the Water Resource Development Act of 1990. (See Title I, Water Resource Projects, Section 102: Project Modifications)
Oklahoma City has an average annual rainfall of 36 inches. To give Oklahoma City water planners a hint, southeast Oklahoma receives 56 inches. Moving to the northwest and the North Canadian River watershed area these totals change drastically. Canton annual average is 29 inches, Beaver is 21 inches, Hardesty is 19 inches, and Des Moines, New Mexico, where the North Canadian originates is 18 inches. Much of the watershed area for the North Canadian River is over the Ogallala Aquifer. Since the time of completion of Canton Lake, the Ogallala Aquifer has dropped some 10 feet in areas proximal to Canton, to as much as 40 feet in area of far western Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Panhandle. In northeast New Mexico, the originating point of the North Canadian River, there is no longer a measurable saturated thickness of the Ogallala Aquifer. The cause and effect comes down to this. Dry springs, dry creeks, and a dry Beaver River result in drastically reduced water flow into Canton Lake. Northwest Oklahoma is a semi-arid climate. Why would Oklahoma City ever think the semi-arid North Canadian River watershed basin would provide them with water as they grew in number, and the watershed receded in water flow?
Oklahoma City, your greatest challenge will be what you will do for water this summer. You have probably killed Canton Lake for years to come. Your second biggest challenge, and one you must address and settle immediately, is procurement of water from Sardis Lake. You were right in paying off the $27 million dollar debt on Sardis Lake, and getting approval from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for 90 percent of those water rights. Without that plentiful and renewable source from Sardis Lake, Oklahoma City will be in the same boat as you have put Northwest Oklahoma and Canton Lake, up a creek without a paddle.
Signed: John Sprunger
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Troy Everett asks a question of the Corp
All of the 21 KS & OK lakes in Tulsa's District Reservoir are at Drought Level 1 or 2. None at 3 or 4 drought level. After water release to OKC, Canton Lake will be at Drought Level 4!!
In the US Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Operating Principles it states:
"Proactively consider environmental consequences of all Corps activities and act accordingly."
Is allowing this devastating release mindful to the possible environmental outcome?
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In the US Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Operating Principles it states:
"Proactively consider environmental consequences of all Corps activities and act accordingly."
Is allowing this devastating release mindful to the possible environmental outcome?
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Correcting some facts being misreported in the news.
Is there no truth or fact checking mandated for reporting anymore??!!
Let's get some facts straight that the major news outlets are reporting incorrectly!
Marsha Slaughter with the Oklahoma
City Water Utilities Trust has stated only 200,000 residents depend on the water from
Lake Hefner which gets it's water from Canton Lake. Where did this 1.2 million figure come from?? 1.2 million is the entirety of the population of the metro area and we all know
they don't all depend on Canton Lake/Hefner water for their drinking. This is a highly inflated figure to make this draw look more necessary to the public, than it actually is..
Why aren't you mentioning the 40,000 acre feet that is currently in Lake Hefner that would have gotten the people who rely on Canton/Hefner water by until late spring early summer??
This draw was not necessary at this time! All the Canton Lake Assn asked for was that you try and get us into spring and see if any spring rains would alleviate the severity of this situation, so that perhaps all the fish in our lake could survive and not die which is very likely to happen in the summer due to this draw of water.
Once you take the water from Canton it's gone and we can't get it back, and it's highly unlikely rains will come out west due to the drought, but the odds of OKC receiving the needed rainfall to help put water in Hefner are much greater. Over a 30 year period Canadian county averaged 9 more inches annually than Woodward County in western Oklahoma, so who do you think has the better odds of receiving the much needed spring rains?? It always rains a lot more between Watonga and OKC than it does out west of Canton to refill our lake.
Further more please stop spreading the untruth that Canton was built for OKC water storage!! That is an easy statement to disprove. Mrs. Regan should be ashamed of herself for implying that to the reporter and coercing her to lie on live TV. The FACT is, the city of Enid had some limited storage rights for a good many years after the lake was built and it wasn't for quite some time until OKC received any water rights in Canton at all.
And please stop using the term "drinking water" until you mandate no outside watering!! Unless you count the grass and trees "drinking" while they are dormant! You are again slanting the story to sound more severe on your end so you can justify the damage you are doing on this end in Western Oklahoma.
What a shame, the innocent people in the communities that surround Canton Lake are getting ready to pay dearly for the sins of those in power in OKC, who have not educated the people that there is a severe water crisis on the very near horizon. It's no longer on the horizon for the people of Canton and surrounding towns, it's now here with the begin of this release. It will be severe in areas of OKC soon enough if spring rains don't come. The people of OKC are good people, but nobody has told them how serious this situation is so they haven't changed their water practices to start conserving. The people in authority have done a disservice to the people of OKC and greatly to the people who rely on Canton Lake for their livelihood. This could have all been avoided or at least put off for several months or years had those in power shared the need for conservation a year or two ago when the drought started instead of waiting until it was a dire situation. Shame on you leaders, shame on you.
Mark Fuqua
Canton Lake Association Board Member
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Let's get some facts straight that the major news outlets are reporting incorrectly!
Marsha Slaughter with the Oklahoma
City Water Utilities Trust has stated only 200,000 residents depend on the water from
Lake Hefner which gets it's water from Canton Lake. Where did this 1.2 million figure come from?? 1.2 million is the entirety of the population of the metro area and we all know
they don't all depend on Canton Lake/Hefner water for their drinking. This is a highly inflated figure to make this draw look more necessary to the public, than it actually is..
Why aren't you mentioning the 40,000 acre feet that is currently in Lake Hefner that would have gotten the people who rely on Canton/Hefner water by until late spring early summer??
This draw was not necessary at this time! All the Canton Lake Assn asked for was that you try and get us into spring and see if any spring rains would alleviate the severity of this situation, so that perhaps all the fish in our lake could survive and not die which is very likely to happen in the summer due to this draw of water.
Once you take the water from Canton it's gone and we can't get it back, and it's highly unlikely rains will come out west due to the drought, but the odds of OKC receiving the needed rainfall to help put water in Hefner are much greater. Over a 30 year period Canadian county averaged 9 more inches annually than Woodward County in western Oklahoma, so who do you think has the better odds of receiving the much needed spring rains?? It always rains a lot more between Watonga and OKC than it does out west of Canton to refill our lake.
Further more please stop spreading the untruth that Canton was built for OKC water storage!! That is an easy statement to disprove. Mrs. Regan should be ashamed of herself for implying that to the reporter and coercing her to lie on live TV. The FACT is, the city of Enid had some limited storage rights for a good many years after the lake was built and it wasn't for quite some time until OKC received any water rights in Canton at all.
And please stop using the term "drinking water" until you mandate no outside watering!! Unless you count the grass and trees "drinking" while they are dormant! You are again slanting the story to sound more severe on your end so you can justify the damage you are doing on this end in Western Oklahoma.
What a shame, the innocent people in the communities that surround Canton Lake are getting ready to pay dearly for the sins of those in power in OKC, who have not educated the people that there is a severe water crisis on the very near horizon. It's no longer on the horizon for the people of Canton and surrounding towns, it's now here with the begin of this release. It will be severe in areas of OKC soon enough if spring rains don't come. The people of OKC are good people, but nobody has told them how serious this situation is so they haven't changed their water practices to start conserving. The people in authority have done a disservice to the people of OKC and greatly to the people who rely on Canton Lake for their livelihood. This could have all been avoided or at least put off for several months or years had those in power shared the need for conservation a year or two ago when the drought started instead of waiting until it was a dire situation. Shame on you leaders, shame on you.
Mark Fuqua
Canton Lake Association Board Member
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Mark Fuqua speaks to the Daily Oklahoman
Link to video on the Daily Oklahoman website that explains the CLA stance on the current water release. Click link to view the video.
http://newsok.com/multimedia/
video/2130429402001
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http://newsok.com/multimedia/
video/2130429402001
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