Divers Pull Weir Boards at Beseck Dam 11-5-2019
On 11-5, our lake reached a 3' drawdown level, half of what it should be by Nov 1: Per CT Statute Title 22a - Environmental Protection Chapter 446i - Water Resources. Invasive Plants Section 22a-339h - Lake Beseck. Water level draw downs shall be six feet during odd-numbered years achieved by November first of such year. Problems achieving our drawdowns on time and maintaining it occur annually. CTDEEP staff claim this due to a flow restriction preventing them from opening the gate valve more, that the threaded gear rod that opens the gate valve will come out if they turn it too far, the drain pipe is too small to handle rainfall amounts.