Name:	Water level questions -	Reply
Subject:	Recent water level
Date:	7/8/2018 8:53:45 AM

We were up just this past June and the level seemed better than we have seen it in years, though we have only been up a handful of times over 10 years. . We have property in Providence Ferry but are hesitant to do anything with it because of the water levels. It was our hope to retire there. Every time we have been up , the levels have been low with docks on dry ground. Found this website showing water levels and based on this website- things are looking up. Have we just been there at bad times or are things looking up? Past forums show people still upset with water releases. 

Name:	Wake Surf -	Reply
Subject:	Recent water level
Date:	8/20/2018 7:40:43 AM

We are in Providence Ferry also.  Built a house there in 2014.  You are correct about the water level.  It has been fantastic all summer.  The thing about Thurmond is, its a huge lake and because of the size of our basin, needs normal rainfall to come to full pool in the spring.  The corps always draws it down in the winter in anticipation of normal spring rains coming and filling it back up. If we get below normal rainfall it will not come back to full pool.  If we get a couple of years of below normal rain the lake can look pretty bad, there is no way around it.  But one good spring season and we are back to normal.  Now, you will see people hammering the Corps on Facebook and other forums about their mis-management and "draining the lake".  And I agree that sometimes their actions dont make sense.  They have a set of rules to live by and by gosh they abide by them no matter what!! But I think it mostly depends on our rainfall.  

I have been going to Thrumond my entire life and the water fluctuations are just a fact of life there.  There have been dry spells where it's low and good years when its full or near full.  Just the way it is on that lake.  I think its the same on all Corps operated lakes.  If you want a full lake all the time you need to be on one owned by Georgia Power.  

The Corps has a newsletter called Balancing the Basin.  It's worth subscribing to.  Let's you know whats going on at our lake and the entire  Savanah River basin as well.

We love being in Providence Ferry.  There are several new houses under construction now.  I think we will be up to 13 houses when they are all finished.