i know they don't pump it out for the flood control,wasn't sure if they pump water out for part of the surrounding counties water supply{intake depths}.flood control or electric power is all any of the lakes were built for.the recreation is just a sidepot of money for the state.it holds back alot more water than you think,lot of square miles drain into the salt river basin,watch how mutch it stays in the parking lots when the spring rains come in.i havn't seen any bonus except for shepherdsville not flooding as much.it has all but killed the fishing in the rivers and creeks here because the water stays so low in them now,even as wet as it has been.we used to get good crappie and whites and catfish here in the beech fork and rolling fork,now it isn't worth the time..with that,i'd like to see them drain it..alltogetherOriginally Posted by jcclark
They do not "pump" water out, they open a gate and gravity takes over.
The water they let out only has to do with FLOOD CONTROL, nothing else.
The design of the lake and how much water it can contain at
high water conditions is their only concerne.
That lake doesn't have to hold back as much water as the other lakes
so they don't have to lower it as much to meet their volume.
Taylorsville is not a "shallow" lake, it's 80 ft deep at the dam.
Some of the Marina is in over 40' of water.
With it's high spillway and steep banks, Taylorsville lake can hold back
a lot of water for the little Salt River.
That's all it's there to do. everything else is just a bonus for us.
The Army Corp of Eng. couldn't care less about the marina or the boating
by the private sector.
They're strictly there for flood control.
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