I think the lake is gonna be low enough for me to walk :party-smiley-004:

Although official notice has not yet been issued, the city of Houston has given preliminary indications that it will soon request a measured release of water from its two-thirds share of the water rights in Lake Conroe to meet the city’s operational needs in Lake Houston.

While the exact quantity and start date is not yet known, initial estimates are that the city might request a release of up to 150 million gallons per day beginning sometime within the next two weeks, said San Jacinto River Authority Deputy General Manager Jace Houston. This equates to approximately half an inch of water lost per day.

According to the Texas Water Development Board’s real-time data Saturday, Lake Houston is at 3.66 feet below mean sea level. By comparison, Lake Conroe is 3.46 feet below msl, but the surface water level is affecting the intakes at the city of Houston’s water treatment plant.

“That’s the rumor we’ve heard for several weeks,” one Montgomery area engineer said.

The amount of water requested from Lake Conroe would be adjusted daily based on weather conditions in the Lake Houston watershed, and the releases probably would continue until the current drought conditions begin to abate. Officials with the city of Houston Public Works Department could not be reached Saturday.

Based on current weather patterns and inflows into Lake Houston, the SJRA does not currently see an immediate need to make any releases from the SJRA’s one-third share of Lake Conroe to meet the needs of its own downstream industrial customers, Jace Houston said.

However, if severe drought conditions continue, it may become necessary for the SJRA to release a small amount of water in addition to the city of Houston’s release. If this were to occur, the SJRA’s release would be relatively small – probably in the range of 10 million to 15 million gallons per day (approximately 1/20 of an inch per day, or 1-1/2 inches per month), according to the SJRA.

During the hot summer months, this is approximately equal to the amount of water that evaporates from the reservoir.

Lake Conroe was built in the early 1970s as a joint venture between the city of Houston and the SJRA, with the city owning two-thirds of the water rights in the reservoir and the SJRA owning the remaining one-third for a total of 100,000 acre-feet of water.

But in September 2009, the SJRA and the city agreed to an 80-year water supply contract that secured the SJRA’s right to use all of the water in Lake Conroe for the SJRA’s countywide Groundwater Reduction Plan program.

If such releases are required, the SJRA would reimburse the GRP program for the appropriate amount of reservation fees that were paid for the SJRA’s share of the water in Lake Conroe. In terms of impact to the level of Lake Conroe, the estimated release of up to half an inch per day would equate to three or four inches per week.

SJRA officials who operate the GRP program have contended there will not be a significant need of Houston’s water until at least 2025, and during those years in which Houston’s water is not used by the GRP, the contract allows the city to use its share of the water on a year-by-year basis.

“They retained the right to use it. We don’t have a choice in the matter,” Houston said.

The SJRA pays the city of Houston $1 million a year to “hold” its share of Lake Conroe surface water until the GRP goes into action.

“We’re not making one penny off this,” he said.

Conroe Mayor Webb Melder, often a critic of the SJRA’s recent actions, lauded the SJRA for the press release it issued Saturday.

“The citizens deserved to know. The rumors were starting to fly,” Melder said.

Lakefront property owners with boat slips should monitor water levels and take appropriate action as needed to trailer their boats or store them in marinas until normal rainfall patterns return and lake levels begin to rise.

If it doesn’t rain, Houston anticipates the gates at Lake Conroe will open in 10-14 days. The water will flow down the East Fork of the San Jacinto River and into Lake Houston.

For additional information, visit the SJRA’s website at www.sjra.net. To receive updates via the Internet or email, link to the SJRA Facebook page from its website or register an email address by signing up using the field in the lower-right corner of the SJRA home page.

I thought the city was paying SJRA a million doallars to purchase the water.?

I was gonna suggest a petition that we property owners not have to pay the annual boat dock fees that we currently pay for the years that we don't actually get to use the boat docks...

Jeffro....here is a future prospect...let me know. It also said you had girley motors

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/n...ml#post3461943

truck accident...

http://montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/?p=30193

What do you guys think my chit can is wort with no power. Wanna play with a jeep for a little while then buy a family boat:angry-smiley-038:

four sticks of Juicey Fruit and a box of envelopes?:lolhit:

I would hate to see the poker run get rained out this weekend..........BBBBBBuuuuuutttt I would love to see a tropical storm come drop 4 feet of water on Lake Conroe this weekend :)

I would think some one who is a Premier Ebay dealer top 200 in the US could sell a boat hull and make alll the money...I wouldn't let any one but spik1 put a number on my junk in this thread...but spik1 always pays all the money then some.....:lolhit::party-smiley-004:

Tropical storm is headed our way

I was waiting for Jeff to call and make some offers and tell me how he will make it run 100mph so I could beat my head against the wall.:coolcowboy::party-smiley-004:

Then I figured he would tell me that I am too short for a jeep and he will trade me his Rhino because it will do the same thing a jeep will.:evilb:

Wade you should like this one. It even comes with all the life jackets

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/30-Su...item2eb6b1e471

yep. good looking 30.

Sold my rhino to pay for the sea ray. Go piss up someone elses tree. :kiss:

I was thinking about starting a thread about a wanting to buy a Nortech with small engines:grinser010::drink:

Might just get a little rain. :coolcowboy:

This tropical storm is moving faster than wee man's tub will ever run again.

Funny how those little engines are just a little faster than those little scarabs and big fountains with big engines. :grinser010:

Hell if it doesn't sell I could move to Destin put a trolling motor on it and sell beer and ice cream at crab island:ernaehrung004:

It would be awesome to fill the lake back up in 1 weekend :)

Let's not start throwing stones at Big Fountains....:party-smiley-004::lolhit:

Still getting back from the scary mary days. :lolhit:

Pretty much what happened last time wasn't it? I was drinking a lot back then. But it was like it was full overnight.

Stage 1 of carpet is finished. They have to glue all eleventy pieces together and then cut in nortech , and glue in some more pieces

Looks like a smurf and a cheetah ran into each other at full speed. :lolhit:

http://www.galaxyarmynavy.com/item-8875.asp

you should wear those when you ride around.

Sweet

Wow, very nice, even though it started out with a below the belt shot from tbone, who thinks theres no difference in price between an s4s and an old 93 lotus, I think hes bitter cause the cig runs flawlessly, and the lotus will smoke him like a pack of KoolZ! :evilb:

http://www.lotusespritturbo.com/Lotus_Esprit_Models.htm


http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...t/specs_page_2

I upgraded ur benz junk to help your numbers, :kiss:

:evilb::evilb:

hey Kettle........... Your Black. Lets not start talking about how much you stand to make fountian flipping! :eek: too soon?

It's been how many months since there was a .......
































BIP:evilb:

The jab was more directed towards By U Boy, but since you stepped out of the Hot Tub Time Machine to take a bullet for Wee Man...he did want to know how much you would pay him for his old junk....we all know how much you like that stuff....don't worry if you do buy it.. I will send someone from club 105 a week before you are ready to run it to wash off the bird chit and what ever else it will need from the damage of not being used and the Florida sun....:coolcowboy::coolcowboy:

The only one who can BIP this is Wstultz....he is the only one who witnessed the punches being thrown behind keyboards.....He has since then been paid off and sworn to not say a word........:coolcowboy::party-smiley-004::lolhit:

"Shall we go out in the Lotus tonight"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylj0eQrU_Js

nice thought

Are you saying it was all your piss?

Well played, butt i believe last time I saw that mini van, it was towing a baby blue 21ft formula! :evilb:

oh no

http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/blogs/2...id=FCST_tvnews

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1996-...item27bce9784d

You sure you want a family boat byu?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1996-...item27bce9784d

You sure you want a family boat byu?

So good of a deal it posted twice! :coolcowboy: