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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Lake levels
	Date:	9/17/2010 2:55:21 PM

Don't know specifically for Douglas but most, if not all of these lakes were ostensibly constructed for power generation and flood control. Many are regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and have specific lake level rules per their operating permit. They are required by permit to drop lake levels in the fall and the only way they can avoid that is to obtain a waiver from FERC which is no small undertaking. My suggestion is to find out when that permit is up for renewal and petition TVA to ask for a change to the water level rule to raise winter pool, delay the dropping, etc. All those are on the table for the re-licensing of Lake Martin which is controlled by Alabama Power.

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