Steve McComas: Lake drawdowns: some intended, others by surprise
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Earlier in August, all the water of Lake Alice, a 26-acre lake in William O’Brien State Park (north of Stillwater, Minn.), drained accidentally into the St. Croix River when a valve stuck in the “open” position as high lake levels were being lowered due to recent heavy rains.
Lake Alice is a man-made reservoir (sometimes referred to as an impoundment) with a (former) maximum depth of 9 feet was created by an earthen dike built in 1961. In August, when the bottom valve wouldn’t close, the lake was drained.
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