The contract with the Town of Salem gives them the right to
take water from the lake until April 30th.
A timeline of events is as follows:
March 30th – gate was open 15% plus the pipeline
to Canobie Lake
April 1st-
gate was open 18%
April 2nd- Big Island Pond opened their gate 100%
- the water was flowing at a great rate
April 3rd- Arlington gate being closed to 13% -
pipeline still flowing
Under normal circumstances all of this activity would be
fine.
April 5th – Big Island closed their gate with no
warning to the town. Arlington Pond
gate was also closed. No water flowing in to the lake. Currently dependant on
rain to bring up water levels. Canobie pipeline is open and water flowing- must
use water until work being done at Canobie pump house is complete.
April 29th- spoke with the town- we were informed
that they could not switch from Arlington to Canobie until work was complete.
Work should be completed in a few days.
May 6th- pipeline at Arlington Pond is switched
off. A leak was found in the pump house at Arlington Pond that needed to be
fixed. This matter has been rectified.
May 10th-
Arlington level
158.3 Big
Island Level 6.2
May 13th-
Arlington level
158.5 Big
Island level 6.3
Since that time there has not been any substantial rainfall
to bring up the lake levels.
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