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Low Lake Levels Force Closure of Six Boat Ramps

By Chelsea Reinhard cschmid, Mar 17, 2014
 

Six of the 10 public boat ramps at Lake Nasworthy have been closed because of the lake’s declining level.

The ramps that remain open are at:

  • Beaty Road.
  • The northern end of South Concho Park.
  • Mary E. Lee Park.
  • The entrance of Middle Concho Park.

Caution is advised in using each of the ramps. While the Middle Concho Park ramp has ample water, the ramp’s grade is steeper than most. The other ramps have shallow water.

The six ramps that have been closed are at:

  • The southern end of South Concho Park.
  • Knickerbocker Park.
  • Spring Creek Marina and RV Park.
  • Ramp Road.
  • The eastern end of Middle Concho Park.
  • Fisherman’s Road.

Warning signs have been posted alerting boaters that the ramps are closed.

Operations Director Shane Kelton said crews will conduct repair and maintenance work on the closed ramps if the water level dips low enough.

Lake Nasworthy is at 61 percent of its capacity. Nasworthy is normally supplemented with water from Twin Buttes Reservoir, whose levels are too low to release water into the neighboring lake. 

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I would like to suggest that the low lake levels gives us the opportunity to do lake maintenance i.e. boat ramps, cleaning of the lake bed of boat obstructions etc. This drought won't last forever, even though it seems that way. This is an ideal time to prepare for better days.
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I agree with Big Daddy, why are we not already at Drought Level 3? We should go to the highest level of conservation now, while we have it. Guess we could should say - "DRTCON 3".
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bebop, Wed, 03/19/2014 - 14:44
Defcon 4 is normal, and 1 is the highest readiness (where we should be, in my opinion) But Three is merely "an increase above normal" Just FYI. DEFCONs are phased increases in combat readiness. In general terms, these are descriptions of DEFCONs: DEFCON 5 Normal peacetime readiness DEFCON 4 Normal, increased intelligence and strengthened security measures DEFCON 3 Increase in force readiness above normal readiness DEFCON 2 Further Increase in force readiness, but less than maximum readiness DEFCON 1 Maximum force readiness.
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Why does the city of San Angelo release tons of water from the fire hydrants every month if we are in such a water shortage? Why can't they put a hose on the hydrant and fill up some of those big plastic water containers and use that water to water the trees at the park or better yet give it to the ranchers for there livestock. I watch out my work window each time as they open it up and let it spray out into the street. To me this is a huge waste of water when it could be used somewhere else.
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