Lake Overholser and Hefner

[Bellaboo]

I have no idea where the rights would lay, but thought it interesting how these tribes are all staking their claim.

[Snowman]

I don't know if it was from the rain or a release from Canton but Stinchcomb, the Canadian through Stinchcomb and the canal alongside Overholser are full. The Canadian at Highway 4 north of Yukon is still a trickle so whatever happened, isn't happening this morning. I suspect it's runoff from the recent rain.

It takes about a week for the water to get here from Canton and they had a much improved level the day after the rain at Stinchcomb & the river basin their, and over the weekend Canton's Conservation percentage only went up. It looks like they did a release from Canton either last night or today.

[kevinpate]

They said on News 9 last night the release would raise Hefner and Overholser by 5 and 7 feet, but I don't recall which number goes to which lake. Something like 33,000 acre feet of water will be arriving in 4-5 days.

[Bellaboo]

I believe they said Hefner would get 7, Overholser 5 and Canton would be lower by 5.5 feet.

[betts]

Of course most people have their sailboats out of the water already, and I suspect not many will take the time and/or money to put their boats back in for a very short season.

[gomer_pile]

i work for the city at one of the plants.
overholser for the most part these past couple of months has been offline due to poor water quality. the antiquated systems while viable when the lake is full is not capable of treating the water when it is as low as it was just too much mud and silt (main reason they do not dredge). however it is being brought back on line sometime this week or next. on paper it produces something like 16 mgd but in reality can produce 20 mgd. this is just a drop compared to the other 2 plants and will be even smaller when hefner is finished with the expansion. one thing that most people forget about is that overholser also feeds the power plant that supplies most if not all of the power for the city. they require a decent amount of water per day.

this year was extremely hard for ALL aspects of utility work. everything from meter readers to line maintenance to the plant mechanics. 115 degrees is ungodly hot. walking 10 miles while reading meters as well as fixing some 700 line breaks in 2 months is just crazy.

[OKCTalker]

Nothing coming through Lake Hefner's canal as of as of this morning.

[Patrick]

Horsheshoe is actually a much larger plant than Mustang. Mustang actually served as a back up generating plant for OG&E up until just a few years back when it was brought back online.

[Double Edge]

It looks like the beginning of the Canton release just reached Yukon...


http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=07239700

[cattleman]

Horsheshoe is actually a much larger plant than Mustang. Mustang actually served as a back up generating plant for OG&E up until just a few years back when it was brought back online.

This is false. Mustang has continuously been in operation since 1948.

[Snowman]

A resolution went to city Council yesterday to allow Dolese to do soil samples at Overholser for sand quality, it indicates the city would like it to be dredged, if the samples indicate quality is good enough to be used in their production activities they will begin negotiations to dredge the lake. The maximum it can now hold is 60% of the original capacity.

[oneforone]

Hopefully the rain will help fill the lakes. It's good to see it.

[Snowman]

Hopefully the rain will help fill the lakes. It's good to see it.

Sorry, I was meaning that it's maximum it could hold has been decreased by 40% not that the water level was at 60%.

[Architect2010]

Why though?

[jn1780]

Why though?

Erosion and sediment from upstream?

[bluedogok]

Erosion and sediment from upstream?

Yes, Overholser has to be dredged ever so often. That was the case long before there was much development further upstream of the North Canadian River. We used to ride motorcycles at what is now Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge and we could ride in the river because the water (back then) was always pretty low, the river bed in that area is mostly sand/silt.

[ranbunctious]

Yes, Overholser has to be dredged ever so often. That was the case long before there was much development further upstream of the North Canadian River. We used to ride motorcycles at what is now Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge and we could ride in the river because the water (back then) was always pretty low, the river bed in that area is mostly sand/silt.

THANK YOUR SNOWMAN AND BLUEDOG!!! There IS someone in this city with some common sense. Dredging solves half the problem. Now, if we could get some more and better fishing dock management. It's painfully obvious that nobody in city government cares about fishing and recreation. If we stop building arenas and funding millions of dollars into MAPS and bricktown, we could have a decent city with beautiful lakes where people could go fishing and boating and actually enjoy these lakes. There used to be baitshops and cafes around the lakes. In the old days, there was even boat rides at Overholser. How about some REAL development and creative ideas for these lakes, and please don't make it another 'money pit' for the city or chamber of commerce.

[OKCisOK4me]

REAL? puuuuh-leees. Your fishing plan would not benefit me.

[MDot]

There's this really nice lake about 100 miles east of Oklahoma City that is famous for fishing and recreation; lake Eufaula is the name of it. I wouldn't have a problem with your suggestion if you weren't also wishing to halt urban development of the city so you can enjoy a top notch fishing and boating experience. And this is a decent city even without a fishing heaven in the center of it.

[Bellaboo]

If a lake in the middle of the city was a fishing heaven, it wouldn't be for long.

[bradh]

THANK YOUR SNOWMAN AND BLUEDOG!!! There IS someone in this city with some common sense. Dredging solves half the problem. Now, if we could get some more and better fishing dock management. It's painfully obvious that nobody in city government cares about fishing and recreation. If we stop building arenas and funding millions of dollars into MAPS and bricktown, we could have a decent city with beautiful lakes where people could go fishing and boating and actually enjoy these lakes. There used to be baitshops and cafes around the lakes. In the old days, there was even boat rides at Overholser. How about some REAL development and creative ideas for these lakes, and please don't make it another 'money pit' for the city or chamber of commerce.

sounds like you need to move and live on a real lake. i'm not willing to pinch development in more important core areas in exchange for some better fishing at some inner city lake

[bombermwc]

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